Chris wrote
> Call me dumb...I saw this film last night on video - I had not realised
that
> the main character is John Nash of Nash Equilibria. Fantastic sequence in
> the middle on how the four friends should have the greatest chance of
having
> sex...I will use this to introduce game theory for ever.
I liked the film a lot and so did most of my students who saw it. The
incident to which Chris refers is a wonderful cinematic moment but I'm not
sure how far it captures Nash's point.
The 4 men are in a bar, as are 4 women, one of whom is blonde and hence the
most desireable. Leaving the dubious sexual steretyping aside, it seems to
me that this represents, if you'll excuse the phrase, a "bi-lateral
quadropoly" rather than the two producers and many buyers implied by the
simple, prisoner's dilemma, version of game theory we use in A level.
Unless of course we assume the four women are merely passive responders to
the guys' tactics :-)
Any thoughts?
Dave S
Raffles Junior College
Singapore
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