Toward Quantum Combinatorial Games
Discrete Mathematics
2018-03-06 v2 Computer Science and Game Theory
Quantum Physics
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a Quantum variation of combinatorial games, generalizing the Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe proposed by Allan Goff. A combinatorial game is a two-player game with no chance and no hidden information, such as Go or Chess. In this paper, we consider the possibility of playing superpositions of moves in such games. We propose different rulesets depending on when superposed moves should be played, and prove that all these rulesets may lead similar games to different outcomes. We then consider Quantum variations of the game of Nim. We conclude with some discussion on the relative interest of the different rulesets.
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@article{arxiv.1701.02193,
title = {Toward Quantum Combinatorial Games},
author = {Paul Dorbec and Mehdi Mhalla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.02193},
year = {2018}
}