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We develop the classical theory of Diophantine approximation without assuming monotonicity or convexity. A complete `multiplicative' zero-one law is established akin to the `simultaneous' zero-one laws of Cassels and Gallagher. As a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-09-12 Victor Beresnevich , Alan Haynes , Sanju Velani

Mertens [In Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (Berkeley, Calif., 1986) (1987) 1528-1577 Amer. Math. Soc.] proposed two general conjectures about repeated games: the first one is that, in any two-person zero-sum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-16 Bruno Ziliotto

Classify simple games into sixteen "types" in terms of the four conventional axioms: monotonicity, properness, strongness, and nonweakness. Further classify them into sixty-four classes in terms of finiteness (existence of a finite carrier)…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-07-05 Masahiro Kumabe , H. Reiju Mihara

This short note establishes positionality of mean-payoff games over infinite game graphs by constructing a well-founded monotone universal graph.

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Pierre Ohlmann

We use an information-theoretic argument due to O'Connell (2000) to prove that every sufficiently symmetric event concerning a countably infinite family of independent and identically distributed random variables is deterministic (i.e., has…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-26 Yahya Ayach , Anthony Khairallah , Tia Manoukian , Jad Mchaimech , Adam Salha , Siamak Taati

Absolute combinatorial game theory was recently developed as a unifying tool for constructive/local game comparison (Larsson et al. 2018). The theory concerns {\em parental universes} of combinatorial games; standard closure properties are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-10 U. Larsson , R. J. Nowakowski , C. P. Santos

Zero-one laws state that probabilistic events of a certain type must occur with probability either $0$ or $1$, and nothing in between. We formulate a syntactic zero-one law, which enjoys good logical properties while being broadly…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Thomas Powell , Alex Wan

In this invited contribution, we propose a comprehensive introduction to game theory applied in computer aided synthesis. In this context, we give some classical results on two-player zero-sum games and then on multi-player non zero-sum…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-05 Véronique Bruyère

A large body of research is currently investigating on the connection between machine learning and game theory. In this work, game theory notions are injected into a preference learning framework. Specifically, a preference learning problem…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-20 Mirko Polato , Fabio Aiolli

We explore a version of the minimax theorem for two-person win-lose games with infinitely many pure strategies. In the countable case, we give a combinatorial condition on the game which implies the minimax property. In the general case, we…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Ron Holzman

We introduce a "high probability" framework for repeated games with incomplete information. In our non-equilibrium setting, players aim to guarantee a certain payoff with high probability, rather than in expected value. We provide a high…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-30 Payam Delgosha , Amin Gohari , Mohammad Akbarpour

This paper explores a predictive game in which a Forecaster announces odds based on a time-homogeneous Markov kernel, establishing a game-theoretic law of large numbers for the relative frequencies of occurrences of all finite strings. A…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Takara Nomura , Akio Fujiwara

We introduce the notion of universal graphs as a tool for constructing algorithms solving games of infinite duration such as parity games and mean payoff games. In the first part we develop the theory of universal graphs, with two goals:…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Thomas Colcombet , Nathanaël Fijalkow , Paweł Gawrychowski , Pierre Ohlmann

Standard game theory assumes that the structure of the game is common knowledge among players. We relax this assumption by considering extensive games where agents may be unaware of the complete structure of the game. In particular, they…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Joseph Y. Halpern , Leandro C. Rêgo

We prove that for a class of zero-sum differential games with incomplete information on both sides, the value admits a probabilistic representation as the value of a zero-sum stochastic differential game with complete information, where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-04 Fabien Gensbittel , Catherine Rainer

Zero-determinant strategies are a class of strategies in repeated games which unilaterally control payoffs. Zero-determinant strategies have attracted much attention in studies of social dilemma, particularly in the context of evolution of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-11 Masahiko Ueda

Using martingale convergence theorem, we prove a law of large numbers for monotone convolutions $\mu_{1}\triangleright\mu_{2}\triangleright\cdots\triangleright\mu_{n}$, where $\mu_{j}$'s are probability laws on $\mathbb{R}$ with finite…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-05 JC Wang , Enzo Wendler

We prove both the validity and the sharpness of the law of the iterated logarithm in game-theoretic probability with quadratic and stronger hedges.

Probability · Mathematics 2014-04-01 Kenshi Miyabe , Akimichi Takemura

We provide some examples showing how game-theoretic arguments can be used in computability theory and algorithmic information theory: unique numbering theorem (Friedberg), the gap between conditional complexity and total conditional…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-09-11 Andrej Muchnik , Alexander Shen , Mikhail Vyugin

In this expository note, we give a simple proof that a gambler repeating a game with positive expected value never goes broke with a positive probability. This does not immediately follow from the strong law of large numbers or other basic…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Calvin Wooyoung Chin