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Title: Mathematics of Games
Course Section Number: MAT-178-01
Department: Math
Description: FACE TO FACE COURSE. An introduction to the mathematical theory of two-player games with no chance involved. We will cover basic strategies for these games, game trees, sums of games, impartial games, and determining when games are equivalent to numbers. Examples of some games we will see include Domineering, Nim, Dots & Boxes, and Subtraction Games. This course will count for distribution in Quantitative Literacy, but not toward a major or minor in Mathematics.
Credits: 0.50
Start Date: September 30, 2020
End Date: November 24, 2020
Meeting Information:
09/30/2020-11/23/2020 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:15AM - 12:05PM, Hays Science, Room 003
Faculty: Gates, Zachary

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