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Why is game theory formulated in terms of equilibrium instead of winning strategies?
Game theory, on the outset, seems to invite the questions,
"what can I do to win" or "how do I beat my opponent?"
So many people who are not familiar with game theory look to game ...
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What does "game theory" cover and how should it be called?
There seems to be a huge discrepancy in what people refer to when they speak of "game theory". I tend to think of it as including, among other things:
Combinatorial game theory dealing with certain ...
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Can one make high-level proofs about chess positions?
I realize this question is risky (as the title and the tags indicate), but hopefully I can make it acceptable. If not, and the question cannot be salvaged, I'm sorry and ready to delete it or accept ...