Game Theory #
University of North Georgia#
The Game Theory course taught by Dr. Sinn is UNG’s MATH 3590. The textbook is shown above and right while will use several tools to help deliver instruction. Python is housed in the UNG Datahub, and each student will receive a personal portal inside the Datahub where all course files will be kept and saved.
These online course notes will accompany the textbook and will include practice problems along with some solutions. The notes will include a glossary of key terms along with helpful Python code for graphics we will need. There is also a help page for Dollar Sign Mathematics, the LaTeX equation editor available in our Datahub notebooks and in D2L.
Python#
To help us learn game thoery concepts, we will be using the software python this semester. UNG students can use python in the UNG datahub which is free to all students and accessible via your UNG credentials. We can always work in pyton using the UNG datahub from any computer, tablet or smartphone (e.g. any device that has a browser and a connection to the internet).
Resources#
While I have created much of the content herein, I have used several Game Theory textbooks in my career which inform how I teach this course. The two best resources for the course and for learning the basics of solving matrix games are below:
Game Theory and Strategy, by Philip D. Straffin
The Compleat Strategist, by J. D. Williams
These textbooks can be found used online and, at times, for less than \(\$15\). The Straffin book is one of the best 3 mathematics textbooks I have ever read, and it would be a great supplement to the class if it can be found at a reasonable price (say, \(\$25\) or less). The book by Williams is an inconic and early work which would be less useful for this course than Straffin. Yet, it is a classic, and a mathematics major with a serious interest in Game Theory will appreciate aquiring it inexpensively.