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u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/math

Dynamical Differential games (aka multiplayer optimal control theory) is not that far removed from chaos theory, however I can't be a whole lot of help for you with chaos.

As for game theory, read from start to finish Osborne's introductory textbook.

Myerson's is considered more rigorous, however may be above your current level of mathematical maturity and imo still isn't what I would like out of a game theory text (which would be like most maths texts, lemma/proposition/theorems for all the things). Fudenberg and Tirole's covers more breadth wise than Myerson's but I like it even less.

If you like I could give you a brief introduction to normal form games and in particular utility functions.

Also why are you interested in game theory? From a theory perspective? For artificial intelligence? For economics?

u/BirthDeath · 2 pointsr/learnmath

Introduction to Game theory by Matt Osborne is a pretty good undergraduate level text geared towards economic applications (written by an economics prof at UToronto). I think some of the solutions are also posted on his webpage

I would start by making sure that you understand solution concepts for normal form games (i.e. Nash equilibrium, dominated strategies, simplex method, etc). If you are more mathematically inclined, you might want to focus a bit on Convex analysis/Fixed Point Theorems, which will help to elucidate the mathematical intuition behind these concepts.

After you are comfortable with normal form games, move onto extensive form refinements (subgame perfect/sequential/repeated games).

u/wricker · 1 pointr/IntellectualDarkWeb

I took a semester of an introductory course of Game Theory. We followed the textbook An Introduction to Game Theory by Osborne. The book is great for a first dive into the subject, has ample examples, easy explanations, and is not too mathematically involved. Don't trust the online ratings; this is a very clear-cut book that covers a lot of material.

We also had Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by Neumann and Morgenstern, the founders of Game Theory, as a reference. It covers the motivations for game theory, explains basic concepts (like utility) which are taken for granted, and also explains economic behavior using Game Theory. It's a 600-page monster.

u/dzizy · 1 pointr/occult

Not occult in the 'requires the proper colored robe' sense, more in the 'nobody fucking knows this shit' sense.

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I don't know a single thing about you, who you are, what you are looking for, why you are interested, or why you care.

This just happens to be a great excuse to let people know about a couple books I care about.

A book is 'occult' by virtue of it containing information about which most people haven't a clue.

"Occult" anything need no special handshake.