Achilles and the Theory of Games

Alexander Mehlmann ()
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Alexander Mehlmann: TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics

A chapter in Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making, 2016, pp 523-527 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This small note offers a “tongue-in-cheek” route to some game theoretical facets of Greek mythology. By using an apocryphal bilingual poem as well as mathematical arguments, we finally explain how Ulysses succeeded in detecting Achilles among the daughters of Lykomedes.

Keywords: Achilles; Game Theoretic Aspects; Profane Variation; Unexpected Population; Heroic Saga (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39120-5_27

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