Mth 557 The Mathematical Theory of Games I
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, and Nash Equilibria. Selected applications to economics, biology, computer science, and political science. This is the first course in a sequence of two:
Mth 557 and
Mth 558 which must be taken in sequence.
Slash Listed Courses
Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as
Mth 457 and may be taken only once for credit.