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I vibed a proof of Conway's conjecture

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  1. unholiness · · focus · HN ↗
    A wonderfully made introduction to the surreal numbers and their surrounding game theoretic concepts is this video on Hackenbush[0], a winner in 3Blue1Brown's Summer of Math competition.

    [0]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=video+introduction+to+surreal+numbers+hackingbush+summer+of+math&amp;oq=video+introduction+to+surreal+numbers+hackingbush+summer+of+math+&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCTE2NzgxajBqN6gCALACAA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;source=chrome.ob&amp;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:7a30ab7b,vid:ZYj4NkeGPdM,st:0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=video+introduction+to+surrea...

    1. WithinReason · · focus · HN ↗
      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ZYj4NkeGPdM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ZYj4NkeGPdM
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