"In the current time, computer-go discussion and research has a very high percentage of people discussing the side of mainly programs and programming but I belong to the very low percentage of people discussing mainly go-theoretical aspects of computer-go. With a higher percentage of the latter, there would also be more discussions resulting to something."
Now you explained what you describe what you mean by go-theoretical aspects, which is your main area of interest, I feel like they are totally unrelated to the purpose of this mailing list. to quote the home page: http://computer-go.org/ "computer-go: Discussion on research and development of software that plays the game of Go." Now that is clear, I understand why I always felt your intervention misplaced (because they were misplaced). Le 24/10/2017 à 17:00, Robert Jasiek a écrit : > On 24.10.2017 16:45, Xavier Combelle wrote: >> I don't understand what you mean by go-theorical aspects. > > Go theory is an ambiguous term and means everything from informal > ("Starting with a standard corner move can't be wrong.") via principle > ("Usually, defend a weak important group.") to formal ( > https://senseis.xmp.net/?CycleLaw ). > >> and especially when applying to computer-go. > > Relating computer play / algorithms to go theory or vice versa adds > another layer of difficulty indeed. > >> To my knowledge the only theoretical (in a >> mathematic meaning of theoretical) approach of go is combinatorial >> theory and it leads to very few knowledge. > > Other mathematical theory with practical relevance is related to > capturing races (see Capturing Races 1 - Two Basic Groups, Thomas > Wolf's papers etc., endgame (e.g., > http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/kodame.pdf and google for related proofs) > or will be published by me later (will be quite a lot and have > practical relevance, but you need to be patient). Research in > mathematical go theory requires much time because exactness is often > necessary and proving can be tricky. > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
