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= solving hex positions

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{concepts}
- virtual connection: a cell-to-cell second-player connection strategy
- mustplay region: intersection of carriers of all known
opponent side-to-side vconns
- dead cell
- captured cell
- inferior cell
~~~

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{solving hex: papers}
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/puzzlingHexPrimer.pdf puzzling hex primer]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/pton.pdf berge]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/Elsevier.pdf hex and combinatorics]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/bergeParis.pdf dead cells in the shannon game]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/s7x7hex1.pdf solving 7x7] ~ ~ ~ [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/s7x7hex2.pdf part 2]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/verify.pdf verifying]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/probe432.pdf probing the 432]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/solve8.pdf solving 8x8]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/xhsearch.pdf xh-search]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/handicap.pdf handicap]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/solve.beyond.pdf solving 9x9]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/revDom.pdf capture-reversible, star-domination]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/rex.llncs.pdf reverse hex]
- [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/papers/pawlhayw.pdf solving 10x10]
~~~