ABSTRACT

The mathematical study of games is an intriguing endeavor with implications and applications that reach far beyond tic-tac-toe, chess, and poker to economics, business, and even biology and politics. Most texts on the subject, however, are written at the graduate level for those with strong mathematics, economics, or business backgrounds.

In

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|44 pages

Combinatorial Games

chapter 2|56 pages

Two-person Zero-sum Games

chapter 4|64 pages

Non-zero-sum Games and k-Person Games