MATH 3157A
0.50 credit · Main
A first course in the mathematical theory of games. Topics begin with the modelling of games: extensive and strategic forms; perfect information; chance. Sprague-Grundy theory of impartial combinatorial games. Modelling preferences with utility functions. Nash equilibria, analysis of two-player games.
Mathematics 1600A/B or Mathematics 1700A/B, Calculus 1301A/B or Calculus 1501A/B, and one of Mathematics 1120A/B, Mathematics 2122A/B, Mathematics 2124A/B, Mathematics 2155F/G, Mathematics 2700A/B, the former Mathematics 2120A/B.
3 lecture hours.
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