Math 364: Game Theory

Spring 2006     R. Clark Robinson

Textbook

• "An Introduction to Game Theory" by Martin Osborne, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-512895-8
• Webpage for the textbook

Assignments and homework

• Homework and reading assignments
• Extra problems
• April 4: Extra problem on extrema
• April 18: Extra problem on valuation of a lottery
• April 25: Extra problem on finding all the Nash equilibria
• May 16

Handouts

• Introduction: preferences and maximum (Chapter 1)
• Strategic games with pure strategies (Chapters 2 & 3)
• Mixed strategy equilbria (Chapter 4)
• Extensive games with perfect information (Chapters 5 & 6)
• Imperfect information (Chapter 10)
• Repeated strategic games (Chapter 14)

Tests

Midterm Test 2006

• Topics
• Questions:   solutons

Final 2006

• Topics
• Questions:   solutons

Tests from previous years

• Test 1
• Test 1 from 2004; Solutions
• Test 1 from 2002; Solutions to Test 1 from 2002: page 1, page 2, page 3
• Test 1 from 2001; Solutions
• Test 1 from 2000 (Covers chapters 1 & 2); Solutions to Test 1 from 2000
• Test 2
• Test 2 from 2004; Solutions
• Test 2 from 2002; Solutions: page 1, page 2, page 3
• Test 2 from 2001; Solutions: page 1 , page 2 , page 3
• Test 2 from 2000: Page 1, Page 2 (Covers chapters 3, 4, 5); Solutions
• Finals
  • Final from 2004; Solutions
  • Final from 2002; Solutions
  • Final from 2001; Solutions: page 1 , page 2 , page 3 , page 4 , page 5
  • Final from 2000 Page 1, Page 2 (covers chapters 1-5, & sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.5); Solutions: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3,

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