Game Theory

In the previous part of the lightbulb problem, we came up with the idea that all powers of 2 will work, but we never generalized a solution to the problem; we just used a pattern without proving. This time, we will take a look at proving this problem, explaining why this problem is True if

Many people talk about the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and how much it relates to the world. For me, it is one of the most interesting real life games in the world. But many people do not know what that is. So, I will explain these two questions: what is the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and how does it

Chomp is quite an interesting game, with some interesting results that have come along with it. The reason this game is quite interesting is because of the winning strategy for this game. There has been no winning strategy determined yet, but it has been determined who will win in every scenario. How to Play Two

Similar to Sticks, Nim is a game where you take out things from a pile. However, Nim introduces an aspect that is completely different: multiple piles. How to Play In Nim, there are multiple piles, each with a certain amount of sticks in them. There must be at least one stick in each pile, but

The first game I will be talking about in this series is called sticks. It is a somewhat basic game, for which an easy strategy has already been determined. Let us take a look at this game. How to Play There is a pile of n sticks. Two players take turns taking either 1,2,3… or