MATH 407 – INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hoşça bak zâtına kim zübde-i âlemsin sen

Merdüm-i dîde-i ekvân olan âdemsin sen

 

ali doğanaksoy      

aldoks(at)metu.edu.tr             (312) 210 53 54

The course will be focused on mathematical aspects of game theory; application to economics and other areas will not our main concern. Some basic discrete mathematics, calculus and linear algebra knowledge is sufficient to follow the course.              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the first day of registrations capacity of the course is limited to 20 and it will be increased to 30 students on the second day.

Capacity will be increased to 40 students at the add-drop period. In that period, additional 10 students will be accepted on the basis of their Registration Points (RP) which will be computed as RP=GPA (cumulative)+Department-Class. (Department point is 3 for Math and Math.Ed; 4 for the others) .  For appying that additional capacity, send an e-mail message to aldoks(at)metu.edu.tr with subject (Math407-Reg DEPT GPA CLASS / Example: Math407-Reg Econ 3.51 3) not later than 10 March 2022.  First 10 students will be announced on 12 March 2022 and will be registered to the course)

 

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FIRST MEETING : 7th March 2022, Monday at 15:40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLASSES : Monday, 15.40-18.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note that all classes will be held on Monday 15.40-18.30. / There will be no lecyure on the second week (14 March, Pi Day)

 

GRADING POLICY :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance+Pop-Quizzes

25%

 

Each week a quiz will be given during lecture mettings. Quizzes will be performed via odtuclass.

 

 

Midterm Exam

25%

 

Midtrem exam will possibly be a take-home exam and it will cover the first two parts of the lecture.

 

 

Homework

25%

 

Along the semester, a total of 25 homework quesitons will be assigned on weekly basis. (~ 2 questions per week) .

 

 

Final Exam

25%

 

Midtrem exam will be a take-home exam and it will cover all the topics covered in lecture meetings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LECTURES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unless there is a compulsory condition, all lectures will be conducted face-to face at M-102.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXT-BOOK:

Game Theory,  T. S. Ferguson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYLLABUS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weeks

Topics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01-05  (07.03 – 04.04)

Part I. Impartial Combinatorial Games (Sections 1,2,4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06-10  (11.04-09.05)

Part II. Two-Person Zero-Sum Games (Sections 1,2,3,4,6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 (16.05)

Midterm Exam (on 16th May 2022, Monday, at 15.40)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-15  (23.05-13.06)

Part III. Two-Person General-Sum Games (Sections 1,2,4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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