Silverman's Game: A Special Class of Two-Person Zero-Sum Games

by Stuart Ira Fox and Gerald A. Heuer

The structure of a Silverman game can be explained very quickly: Each of two players independently selects a number out of a prede- termined set, not necessarily the same one for both of them. The higher number wins unless it is at least k times as high as the other one; if this is the case the lower number wins. The game ends in a draw if both numbers are equal. k is a constant greater than 1. The simplicity of the rules stimulates the curiosity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540592326
• ISBN13: 9783540592327
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"