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Darwinism in quantum systems?

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v5 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Biological Physics

Abstract

We investigate the role of quantum mechanical effects in the central stability concept of evolutionary game theory i.e. an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy (ESS). Using two and three-player symmetric quantum games we show how the presence of quantum phenomenon of entanglement can be crucial to decide the course of evolutionary dynamics in a population of interacting individuals.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0103085,
  title  = {Darwinism in quantum systems?},
  author = {A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0103085},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Revised in the light of referee's comments. To appear in Physics Letters A. LaTex, 15 pages, 1 figure