Mth 458 The Mathematical Theory of Games
Introduction to mathematical game theory and game theoretic analysis. Topics include: combinatorial and strategic games, Perfect Competition, Zermelo's Algorithm, Payoffs, cooperative and non-cooperative games, bargaining, mixed strategies, Nash Equilibrium, repeated games and finite automata, common knowledge and incomplete information, the prisoner's dilemma. Selected applications to economics, biology, computer science, and political science. This is the second course in a sequence of two:
Mth 457 and
Mth 458.
Slash Listed Courses
Also offered for graduate-level credit as
Mth 558 and may be taken only once for credit.