I am doing research on the surreal number field and I would like to see the original papers by John Conway. I have attempted to obtain them but the results have been unsuccessful. I would like to know where to find this report.
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Where can I find Conway's "All numbers, great and small"?
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Found it! https://youtu.be/mPn2AdMH7UQ?t=83 "All Numbers Great and Small, Research Paper No. 149, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: The University of Calgary, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, 1972." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266267540_All_Numbers_Great_and_Small it's not exactly as cited but very close
It was published as the book "On Numbers and Games", still in print I think (I bought a copy 5 years back). Chapter 0 is still called "all numbers great and small" and lays out the definitions. There is also a re-edition (expanded) of Winning ways (for your mathematical plays), which builds on that book.