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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankInsightsintoGameTheoryFewbranchesofmathematicshavebeenmoreinfluentialinthesocialsciencesthangametheory.Inrecentyears,ithasbecomeanessentialtoolforallsocialscientistsstudyingthestrategicbehaviorofcompetingindividuals,firms,andcountries.However,themathematicalcomplexityofg
2、ametheoryisoftenveryintimidatingforstudentswhohaveonlyabasicunderstandingofmathematics.InsightsintoGameTheoryaddressesthisproblembyprovidingstudentswithanunderstandingofthekeyconceptsandideasofgametheorywithoutusingformalmathematicalnotation.Theauthorsusefourverydifferenttopics(collegeadmissions,so
3、cialjusticeandmajorityvoting,coalitionsandcooperativegames,andabankruptcyproblemfromtheTalmud)toinvestigatefourareasofgametheory.Theresultisafascinatingintroductiontotheworldofgametheoryanditsincreasinglyimportantroleinthesocialsciences.ein-yaguraisaSeniorLecturerattheRothbergInternationalSchooland
4、amemberoftheCenterfortheStudyofRationalityattheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem.michaelb.maschlerisaProfessorofMathematicsandamemberoftheCenterfortheStudyofRationalityattheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem.ProfessorMaschlerisaworld-renownedgametheorist.HehashadalongandfruitfulcollaborationwithRobertAumann(co-
5、winnerofthe2005NobelPrizeforEconomics),includingtheirsolutiontoa2000-year-oldpuzzleoninheritancelawsintheTalmud,discussedinthisbook.InsightsintoGameTheoryAnAlternativeMathematicalExperienceein-yaguraandmichaelmaschlerCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoP
6、auloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521874229©Ein-YaGuraandMichaelB.Maschler2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptiona
7、ndtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintformat2008ISBN-13978-0-511-45538-4eBook(
