Math 180: Game Theory
Winter Quarter, 2015
Instructor Ben Morris
e-mail: morris at math dot ucdavis dot edu
Office: 2105 MSB
Office hours: M 12:00pm-1:00pm, W 9:50am-10:50am, and by appointment
Lectures: MWF 11:00am-11:50am., Social Sciences 90
Exams
There will be one in-class midterm and a final. There will be no
makeup exams, and no alternative times for exams. If you have
an official reason that prevents you from attending the midterm, you
must contact me by e-mail before the exam takes place, and
you must receive a response giving you permission to miss the
midterm. Your course grade will then be determined by your
performance on the final. If you miss the midterm for unforeseen
reasons beyond your control, please contact me as soon as possible.
No calculators are allowed in any of the
exams.
Midterm
Monday, Feb 23, in class.
Final Exam
Tuesday, March
17, 1:00-3:00pm, in class. Midterm
information
Quizzes
There will be quizzes in class on January 14, January 28, February
11, February 18, and March 9.
Homework
Homework will not be collected or graded.
Solutions will be made available on the smartsite.
Course Grade
The course grade will be based on (weights in
parentheses):
- Quizzes (25%)
- Midterm (25%)
- Final Exam (50%)
Texts for Math 21B
Game Theory,
Alive, Anna Karlin and Yuval Peres. pdf
Game
Theory, Part I,
Thomas Ferguson. pdf
Game
Theory, Part II,
Thomas Ferguson. pdf
We shall refer to these texts as KP,
F1 and F2, respectively. We will cover the following material.
- Combinatorial games (F1 Section 1.1, F1 Section 2, KP Section
9)
- Zero sum games (F2 Sections 1-3, KP Section 1)
- General sum games (KP Section 3)
- Signaling and asymmetric games (KP Section 5)
- Evolutionary games (KP Section 6.1)
- Social choice (KP Section 14)
Additional topics will be covered if time permits.
Tentative
schedule