Positional games

Seminar
Speaker
Michael Krivelevich, Tel Aviv University
Date
13/05/2012 - 12:00Add to Calendar 2012-05-13 12:00:00 2012-05-13 12:00:00 Positional games The theory of positional games is a branch of combinatorics, whose main aim is to develop systematically an extensive mathematical basis for a variety of two player perfect information games, ranging from such commonly popular games as Tic-Tac-Toe and Hex to purely abstract games played on graphs and hypergraphs. In this talk I will survey basic notions and concepts of positional games and some recent developments in the field, putting an emphasis on interconnections between positional games and other branches of mathematics and computer science, in particular probabilistic considerations. אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - Department of Mathematics mathoffice@math.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Abstract

The theory of positional games is a branch of combinatorics,
whose main aim is to develop systematically an extensive
mathematical basis for a variety of two player perfect
information games, ranging from such commonly popular games as
Tic-Tac-Toe and Hex to purely abstract games played on graphs
and hypergraphs.

In this talk I will survey basic notions and concepts of
positional games and some recent developments in the field,
putting an emphasis on interconnections between positional games
and other branches of mathematics and computer science, in
particular probabilistic considerations.

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