In this book, most of the games will be played by two players. Each player must decide how he or she will play the game. In order to study games mathematically, we need to make some assumptions about ...In this book, most of the games will be played by two players. Each player must decide how he or she will play the game. In order to study games mathematically, we need to make some assumptions about how the players should play the game. This allows us to be able to better predict what our players should do. The example given in this section illustrates the characteristics we will assume about our players.
