Re: [computer-go] Search = Bad!

["Frank de Groot" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> played that way.  It's an adversarial game with very complex things
> interacting on the board.

Only when you look at it subjectively.
when you look at all possible board positions over the course of a game in
their entirety, all there is is a FIXED pattern. Highly regular like a
Mandelbrot fractal.

If you would be inside the Mandelbrot fractal, you would think what's going
on is very complex.
>From the outside, it looks more regular.
And if you would have top backtrack from one of the inner protrusion of the
Mandelbrot fractal to the edge, it would be near impossible if you did not
know how the fractal was structured.

So in fact all this work on solving small boards may serve a purpose:
getting insight in the structure of "Go fracal space".


>  Life & death struggles - eyes, captures,
> connections, Ko fights, etc.

That is exactly the same as what happens in a simple fractal formula.
Because there are several variables that influence the situation. They are
all highly regular when you look at it from above. When you look at all
possible Go games from above.

> The main goal to surround more territory
> than your opponent means in addition to localize tactics an group
> interaction there are higher level tactics.

The main goal is not to surround more territory.
The *real* main goal is to reach the end of the fractal in a favorable place
(for you).
The goal is to find the path to that and keep on the path.

That is the real goal, bec. we have reduced it to the simplest objective
that is always true.

> For example, one may decide
> to sacrifice a certain area because playing elsewhere is worth more
> points.  Reading and strategizing and counting potential points are very
> important aspects to playing go. How could a mathematical formula embody
> this strategy and tactics?

Bec. the strategy and tactics are not important, they will "appear" all by
themselves when you find a way to navigate the Go fractal space.

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