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The big match

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  • Ivar Ekeland

    (the University of Paris-Dauphine)

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One of the oldest problems in game theory, known as 'the big match', can be told as the story of a king who traps his minister into working for him unsupervised. The minister is promised a life in the dungeon if he is caught idling, or the throne if he is 'caught' working. It has now been proved that ideal strategies for both king and minister can be found in all such problems. These new models of conflict and cooperation will undoubtedly be used in the study of social interactions and economics.

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  • Ivar Ekeland, 1998. "The big match," Nature, Nature, vol. 393(6684), pages 411-413, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:393:y:1998:i:6684:d:10.1038_30842
    DOI: 10.1038/30842
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