(2) Explain why the second player cannot force a victory in (a) 20 points. Tic-tac-toe. Hint:...

 

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(2) Explain why the second player cannot force a victory in (a) 20 points. Tic-tac-toe. Hint: assume the second player has a strategy that forces a victory. Explain how the first player can use this strategy to build a strategy that would force victory too, leading to a contradition. This can be done in a way that is independent of most of the details of the definition of the game. (2) Explain why the second player cannot force a victory in (a) 20 points. Tic-tac-toe. Hint: assume the second player has a strategy that forces a victory. Explain how the first player can use this strategy to build a strategy that would force victory too, leading to a contradition. This can be done in a way that is independent of most of the details of the definition of the game.

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