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Dual Selection Games

General Topology 2018-10-01 v1

Abstract

Often, a given selection game studied in the literature has a known dual game. In dual games, a winning strategy for a player in either game may be used to create a winning strategy for the opponent in the dual. For example, the Rothberger selection game involving open covers is dual to the point-open game. This extends to a general theorem: if {ranf:fC(R)}\{\operatorname{ran}{f}:f\in\mathbf C(\mathcal R)\} is coinitial in A\mathcal A with respect to \subseteq, where C(R)={f(R)R:RRf(R)R}\mathbf C(\mathcal R)=\{f\in(\bigcup\mathcal R)^{\mathcal R}:R\in\mathcal R\Rightarrow f(R)\in R\} collects the choice functions on the set R\mathcal R, then G1(A,B)G_1(\mathcal A,\mathcal B) and G1(R,¬B)G_1(\mathcal R,\neg\mathcal B) are dual selection games.

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@article{arxiv.1809.10783,
  title  = {Dual Selection Games},
  author = {Steven Clontz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10783},
  year   = {2018}
}
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