Lecture course in the autumn-winter term 2015
Game theory
Monday, 13:45 - 15:15, A5 C015, starting on 07.09.2015
Friday, 10:15 - 11:45, A5 C015, starting on 11.09.2015
Exercise session:
Sven Balnojan
Monday, 15:30 - 17:00 ,
A5 C015, starting on 07.09.2015
Manuscript:
A manuscript is provided. The third and final (modulo misprints)
version is available on 24.11.2015, in the late afternoon.
It contains the chapters 1-6.
The changes to the second version from 23.10.2015 are inessential in the
chapters 1-4 and 5.1+5.2+5.3. The only essential changes are in 5.4 in
definition 5.33 (a)+(c), and of course in the new chapter 6.
The manuscript and the exercise sheets are
secured by a username and a password.
In the lecture on 07.09.2015 username and password were announced.
Version 24.11.2015
Examination:
The 1st written exam took place on 21.12.2015, 11:30-13:00, room M 003.
The 2nd exam took place on 10.02.2016, 09:00-10:30, room A5 B244.
Two old written exams (07.12.2012 and 05.02.2013)
with solutions can be found on the homepage
of my class Game theory in the HWS 2012 (user name and password are the
same as for this page)
In order to be allowed to take part in the exam, one had to reach 96 points
in the exercises.
The results of both written exams can be found on the Portal of the Uni
Mannheim.
Klausureinsicht:
On Monday, 15.02.2016, at 15:45-16:30 in A5 C013,
the participants of both exams can look at their exams.
The 1st written exam is here,
Exam 21.12.2015.
Its official solutions are here,
Exam 21.12.2015 with solutions.
The 2nd written exam will not be published.
Exercises:
Each week (except the last week), starting on 07.09.2012, there will
a sheet of exercises.
All participants are advised to work out the exercises.
They are integral part of the course. They complement the lectures by giving
examples, and they give the chance to work yourself through typical arguments.
There will be 13 sheets altogether. Each will be worth 16 points.
Up to two people can submit solutions together, at the beginning of the Monday
lecture one week later. On the same day,
in the exercise session official solutions will be discussed.
The students' solutions will be corrected and given back one week later,
at the beginning of the exercise session.
In order to be allowed to take part in the exam,
one has to reach 12 times 8 = 96 points in the exercises.
07.09.: Sheet
01, submission Monday 14.09.
14.09.: Sheet
02, submission Monday 21.09.
21.09.: Sheet
03, submission Monday 28.09.
28.09.: Sheet
04, submission Monday 05.10.
05.10.: Sheet
05, submission Monday 12.10.
12.10.: Sheet
06, submission Monday 19.10.
19.10.: Sheet
07, submission Monday 26.10.
26.10.: Sheet
08, submission Monday 02.11.
02.11.: Sheet
09, submission Monday
09.11.Bemerkungen
zu einem Teil von Blatt 9, von Sven Balnojan
09.11.: Sheet
10, submission Monday 16.11.
16.11.: Sheet
11, submission Monday 23.11.
23.11.: Sheet
12, submission Monday 30.11.
30.11.: Sheet
13, submission Monday 07.12.
Literature:
There are many good books on game theory.
The book of von Neumann and Morgenstern founded game theory.
The other books listed had been useful in preparing the course.
Walter Schlee: Einführung in die Spieltheorie. Mit Beispielen und Aufgaben.
Vieweg Verlag, 2004.
Ken Binmore: Game theory. A very short introduction. Oxford University Press, 2007.
J. Gonzalez-Diaz, I. Garcia-Jurado, M.G. Fiestras-Janeiro:
An introductory course on mathematical game theory.
Graduate Studies in Mathematics vol. 115, AMS, 2010.
John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern:
Theory of games and economic behaviour. Princeton University Press, 1944.
Manfred J. Holler, Gerhard Illing: Einführung in die Spieltheorie.
Springer Verlag, 2006 (6. Auflage).
Siegfried K. Berninghaus, Karl-Martin Ehrhart, Werner Güth: Strategische Spiele.
Springer Verlag, 2010 (3. Auflage).