Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Faculty of Science
University of Calgary
Richard Guy
- Professor Emeritus - Mathematics
- Faculty Professor
- Pure Mathematics
Research Interests
Combinatorics, Geometry and Logic:
General:
Number Theory:
Currently Teaching
Not currently teaching any courses.
Publications
Book
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Winning ways for your mathematical plays. {V}ol. 4 A K Peters Ltd., 2004. i-xvi and 801-1004.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Winning ways for your mathematical plays. {V}ol. 2 A K Peters Ltd., 2003. i-xviii and 277-473.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Winning ways for your mathematical plays. {V}ol. 3 A K Peters Ltd., 2003. i-xxii and 461-801.
- Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. Unsolved problems in combinatorial games 42. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002. 457-473.
- Guy, Richard . My thanks to {E}rd{\H o}s {P}\'al 11. J\'anos Bolyai Math. Soc., 2002. 21-23.
- Vaderlind, Paul , Guy, Richard and Larson, Loren C.. The inquisitive problem solver , Mathematical Association of America, 2002. xvi+327.
- Guy, Richard . Forty-four years with {P}eter {L}ancaster 130. Birkh\"auser, 2002. 21-22.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Winning ways for your mathematical plays. {V}ol. 1 A K Peters Ltd., 2001. xx+276.
- Guy, Richard . Conference problems session conducted by {J}. {L}. {S}elfridge 19. Amer. Math. Soc., 1999. 385-390.
- Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in combinatorial games 29. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996. 475-491.
- Guy, Richard . Impartial games 29. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996. 61-78.
- Guy, Richard . What is a game? 29. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996. 43-60.
- Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . The book of numbers Copernicus, 1996. x+310.
- Guy, Richard . Combinatorial games Elsevier, 1995. 2117-2162.
- Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in combinatorial games 329. Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1995. 161-179.
- Guy, Richard . The unity of combinatorics 329. Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1995. 129-159.
- Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in number theory , Springer-Verlag, 1994. xvi+285.
- Guy, Andrew W. P. and Guy, Richard . A record aliquot sequence 48. Amer. Math. Soc., 1994. 557-559.
- Croft, Hallard T., Falconer, Kenneth J. and Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in geometry , Springer-Verlag, 1994. xvi+198.
- Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. Mousetrap , J\'anos Bolyai Math. Soc., 1993. 193-206.
- Guy, Richard . Graphs and the strong law of small numbers , Wiley, 1991. 597-614.
- Guy, Richard . Mathematics from fun \& fun from mathematics: an informal autobiographical history of combinatorial games Springer, 1991. 287-295.
- Croft, Hallard T., Falconer, Kenneth J. and Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in geometry , Springer-Verlag, 1991. xvi+198.
- Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in combinatorial games 43. Amer. Math. Soc., 1991. 183-189.
- Guy, Richard . What is a game? 43. Amer. Math. Soc., 1991. 1-21.
- Guy, Richard . Impartial games 43. Amer. Math. Soc., 1991. 35-55.
- Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. The outerthickness \& outercoarseness of graphs. {II}. {T}he complete bipartite graph Bibliographisches Inst., 1990. 313-322.
- Guy, Richard . Canadian {N}umber {T}heory {A}ssociation unsolved problems 1988 de Gruyter, 1990. 193-206.
- Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. The outerthickness \& outercoarseness of graphs. {I}. {T}he complete graph \& the {$n$}-cube Physica, 1990. 297-310.
- Guy, Richard . Six phases for the eight-lambdas and eight-deltas configurations 48. North-Holland, 1987. 209-237.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Gewinnen. {S}trategien f\"ur mathematische {S}piele Friedr. Vieweg \& Sohn, 1986. xvi+274.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Gewinnen. {S}trategien f\"ur mathematische {S}piele Friedr. Vieweg \& Sohn, 1985. xiv+161.
- Guy, Richard . Graphs and games Academic Press, 1983. 269-295.
- Guy, Richard . Sets of integers whose subsets have distinct sums 60. North-Holland, 1982. 141-154.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Winning ways for your mathematical plays. {V}ol. 2 Academic Press Inc. [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers], 1982. i-xxxiii and 429-850 and i-xix.
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R., Conway, John H. and Guy, Richard . Winning ways for your mathematical plays. {V}ol. 1 Academic Press Inc. [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers], 1982. xxxi+426+xi.
- Guy, Richard . Unsolved problems in number theory 1. Springer-Verlag, 1981. xviii+161.
- Guy, Richard . Partisan and impartial combinatorial games 18. North-Holland, 1978. 437-461.
- Guy, Richard . Aliquot sequences Academic Press, 1977. 111-118.
- Guy, Richard . Packing {$[1,n]$} with solutions of {$ax+by=cz$}. {T}he unity of combinatorics Accad. Naz. Lincei, 1976. 173-179. Atti dei Convegni Lincei, No. 17.
- Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. Optimal coverings of the square Colloq. Math. Soc. J\'anos Bolyai, Vol. 10, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1975. 745-799.
- Guy, Richard . Outerthickness and outercoarseness of graphs London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser., No. 13, Cambridge Univ. Press, London, 1974. 57-60.
- Guy, Richard . Crossing numbers of graphs Lecture Notes in Math., Vol. 303, Springer, Berlin, 1972. 111-124.
- Guy, Richard . Latest results on crossing numbers Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 186. Springer, Berlin, 1971. 143-156.
- Guy, Richard . Unsolved combinatorial problems Academic Press, 1971. 121-127.
- Guy, Richard . Sequences associated with a problem of {T}ur\'an and other problems North-Holland, 1970. 553-569.
- Guy, Richard . Twenty odd questions in combinatorics Univ. North Carolina, 1970. 209-237.
- Guy, Richard . A many-facetted problem of {Z}arankiewicz Springer, 1969. 129-148.
- Guy, Richard . The decline and fall of {Z}arankiewicz's theorem Academic Press, 1969. 63-69.
- Guy, Richard . A problem of {Z}arankiewicz Academic Press, 1969. 237-243.
- Guy, Richard and Milner, E. C.. Covering graphs by complete subgraphs Academic Press, 1968. 151-159.
- Guy, Richard . A problem of {Z}arankiewicz Academic Press, 1968. 119-150.
- Guy, Richard and Milner, E. C.. Some coverings of sets Gordon and Breach, 1967. 143-146.
Journal Paper
- Guy, Richard . Aviezri {F}raenkel and combinatorial games 8.2 2001. Introduction 2, 6 pp. (electronic).
- Bremner, Andrew , Goggins, Joseph R., Guy, Michael J. T. and Guy, Richard . On rational {M}orley triangles 93.2 2000. 177-187.
- Guy, Richard . Catwalks, sandsteps and {P}ascal pyramids 3.1 2000. Article 00.1.6, 1 HTML document (electronic).
- Guy, Richard . Nothing's new in number theory? 105.10 1998. 951-954.
- Guy, Richard . Eric {C}harles {M}ilner: 1928-05-17 to 1997-07-20 22. 1998. 10.
- Bremner, Andrew and Guy, Richard . Two more representation problems 40.1 1997. 1-17.
- Conway, John H., Guy, Richard , Schneeberger, W. A. and Sloane, N. J. A.. The primary pretenders 78.4 1997. 307-313.
- Guy, Richard and Moser, William O. J.. Numbers of subsequences without isolated odd members 34.2 1996. 152-155.
- Guy, Richard . My favorite elliptic curve: a tale of two types of triangles 102.9 1995. 771-781.
- Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. Monthly unsolved problems, 1969-1995 102.10 1995. 921-926.
- Guy, Richard . Every number is expressible as the sum of how many polygonal numbers? 101.2 1994. 169-172.
- Bremner, Andrew , Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. Which integers are representable as the product of the sum of three integers with the sum of their reciprocals? 61.203 1993. 117-130.
- Bremner, Andrew and Guy, Richard . Nu-configurations in tiling the square 59.199 1992. 195-202, S1-S20.
- Guy, Richard , Krattenthaler, C. and Sagan, Bruce E.. Lattice paths, reflections, \& dimension-changing bijections 34. 1992. 3-15.
- Sallows, Lee , Gardner, Martin , Guy, Richard and Knuth, Donald . Serial isogons of {$90$} degrees 64.5 1991. 315-324.
- Bremner, Andrew and Guy, Richard . The delta-lambda configurations in tiling the square 32.3 1989. 263-280.
- Guy, Richard . The strong law of small numbers 95.8 1988. 697-712.
- Eggleton, Roger B. and Guy, Richard . Catalan strikes again! {H}ow likely is a function to be convex? 61.4 1988. 211-219.
- Guy, Richard , Lacampagne, C. B. and Selfridge, J. L.. Primes at a glance 48.177 1987. 183-202.
- Matiyasevich, Yuri V. and Guy, Richard . A new formula for {$\pi$} 93.8 1986. 631-635.
- Guy, Richard . John {I}sbell's game of beanstalk and {J}ohn {C}onway's game of beans-don't-talk 59.5 1986. 259-269.
- Guy, Richard . Conway's prime producing machine 56.1 1983. 26-33.
- Bollob{\'a}s, B and Guy, Richard . Equitable and proportional coloring of trees 34.2 1983. 177-186.
- Guy, Richard . John {H}orton {C}onway: mathematical magus 13.5 1982. 290-299.
- Erd{\H{o}}s, P. , Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. Another property of {$239$} and some related questions 34. 1982. 243-257.
- Guy, Richard and Wunderlich, Marvin C.. Computing unitary aliquot sequences-a preliminary report , 1980. 257-270.
- Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. Corrigendum to: ``{W}hat drives an aliquot sequence?'' [{M}ath. {C}omp. {\bf 29} (1975), 101-107;\ {MR} {\bf 52} \#5542] 34.149 1980. 319-321.
- Austin, Richard and Guy, Richard . Binary sequences without isolated ones 16.1 1978. 84-86.
- Devitt, J. S., Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. Third report on aliquot sequences , 1977. 177-204.
- Guy, Richard . How to factor a number 1976. 49-89. Congressus Numerantium, No. XVI.
- Guy, Richard and Ringel, Gerhard . Triangular imbedding of {$K\sb{n}-K\sb{6}$} 21.2 1976. 140-145.
- Guy, Richard and Williams, M. R.. Aliquot sequences near {$10\sp{12}$} 1975. 387-406.
- Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. What drives an aliquot sequence? 29. 1975. 101-107.
- Guy, Richard . Monthly research problems, 1969-75 82.10 1975. 995-1004.
- Guy, Richard and Nowakowski, Richard. Discovering primes with {E}uclid 5.2 1975. 49-63.
- Erd{\H{o}}s, P. , Guy, Richard and Moon, J. W.. On refining partitions 9. 1974/75. 565-570.
- Guy, Richard , Lehmer, D. H., Selfridge, J. L. and Wunderlich, M. C.. Second report on aliquot sequences 1974. 357-368.
- Guy, Richard and Shanks, Daniel . A constructed solution of {$\sigma (n)=\sigma (n+1)$} 12. 1974. 299.
- Guy, Richard and Hill, Anthony . The crossing number of the complement of a circuit 5. 1973. 335-344.
- Guy, Richard . A theorem in elementary geometry 1973. 11-12.
- Erd{\H{o}}s, P. and Guy, Richard . Crossing number problems 80. 1973. 52-58.
- Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. The nesting and roosting habits of the laddered parenthesis 80. 1973. 868-876.
- Guy, Richard and Youngs, J. W. T.. A smooth and unified proof of cases {$6$}, {$5$} and {$3$} of the {R}ingel-{Y}oungs theorem 15. 1973. 1-11.
- Guy, Richard . The slimming number and genus of graphs 15. 1972. 195-200.
- Guy, Richard and Selfridge, J. L.. Interim report on aliquot series 1971. 557-580.
- Selfridge, J. L. and Guy, Richard . Primality testing with application to small machines 1971. 45-51.
- Erd{\H{o}}s, P. and Guy, Richard . Distinct distances between lattice points 25. 1970. 121-123.
- Guy, Richard and Jenkyns, T. A.. The toroidal crossing number of {$K\sb{m,n}$} 6. 1969. 235-250.
- Guy, Richard . The primes {$1093$} and {$3511$} 35. 1969. 204-206 (1969).
- Beineke, Lowell W. and Guy, Richard . The coarseness of the complete bipartite graph 21. 1969. 1086-1096.
- Guy, Richard , Jenkyns, Tom and Schaer, Jonathan. The toroidal crossing number of the complete graph 4. 1968. 376-390.
- Guy, Richard and Kelly, Patrick A.. The no-three-in-line problem 11. 1968. 527-531.
- Guy, Richard and Beineke, Lowell W.. The coarseness of the complete graph 20. 1968. 888-894.
- Guy, Richard and Milner, E. C.. Graphs defined by coverings of a set 19. 1968. 7-21.
- Guy, Richard . A coarseness conjecture of {E}rd{\H o}s 3. 1967. 38-42.
- Guy, Richard and Harary, Frank . On the {M}\"obius ladders 10. 1967. 493-496.
- Guy, Richard . Two theorems on partitions 42. 1958. 84-86.
- Guy, Richard and Smith, Cedric A. B.. The {$G$}-values of various games 52. 1956. 514-526.
Degrees
- 1938 - B.A. - University of Cambridge
- 1941 - M.A. - University of Cambridge
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