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Quantum Game Theory
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Series: Quantum Economics, Book 4
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ISBN13: 9798905890215
Publisher: Primal Economics Press
Published: Sep 9 2026
Pages: 500
Weight: 2.53
Height: 1.01 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Publisher: Primal Economics Press
Published: Sep 9 2026
Pages: 500
Weight: 2.53
Height: 1.01 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Since von Neumann and Morgenstern laid its foundations in 1944, game theory has traversed more than eight decades of development. Non-cooperative games, cooperative games, evolutionary games, and behavioral and experimental games have appeared in succession, building an imposing edifice centered on the Nash equilibrium, the extensive and normal forms, and the refinement program. Yet the repeated discovery that real players cooperate, reciprocate, frame, learn, and change the very games they play laid bare the fundamental limits of the classical theory in explaining the complex, dynamic, and uncertain reality of strategic interaction.
Meanwhile, quantum mechanics, born in the early twentieth century, has not only transformed physics but also profoundly reshaped humanity's worldview. Such core ideas as quantum superposition, entanglement, measurement collapse, quantum probability, and the uncertainty principle offer an entirely new language for grasping a real world that is complex, uncertain, and relational. Introducing the mathematical apparatus and mode of thought of quantum mechanics into game theory-not as a loose physical analogy but as a philosophical reconstruction grounded in the practical, relational character of human conduct-and thereby constructing quantum game theory, is the pioneering attempt undertaken in this book.
This is the world's first monograph to expound quantum game theory systematically; it is organized into six parts and thirty chapters. Part I, Theoretical Foundations, traces the century-long development of game theory, critiques the mechanistic nature of the classical theory, and establishes the philosophical basis, the quantum-player hypothesis, and the analytical framework. Part II, The Core Theory of Quantum Games, constructs the quantum strategy space, entangled games, measurement-collapse equilibrium, quantum uncertainty, and quantum disequilibrium games. Part III, Types and Extensions of Quantum Games, develops quantum zero-sum and non-zero-sum games, coordination, evolutionary, and cooperative games. Part IV, Information, Learning and Mechanism Design, treats Bayesian games, signaling, repeated games, quantum learning, and quantum mechanism design. Part V, Quantum Game Theory Across the Disciplines, carries the framework into economics, politics, sociology, biology, and computer science. Part VI, Frontiers and the Future, explores quantum computing, experiments, artificial intelligence, philosophy and ethics, and the road ahead.
This book pursues three aims. The first is theoretical unity and depth: deriving the core phenomena of strategic interaction from first principles and establishing an axiomatic, unified framework that overcomes the fragmentation of scattered effects and solution concepts. The second is originality and authority: every chapter contains original theoretical construction, mathematical derivation, and applied analysis, developed to the standard of a world-class research monograph. The third is clarity and readability: expressing profound theory through lucid prose and disciplined formalism, so that readers across economics, psychology, political science, biology, computer science, and quantum information may master this new field step by step.
Quantum game theory is a young and rapidly developing field, and the framework presented here is only a beginning. I am keenly aware that the establishment of any new paradigm requires continual criticism, correction, and refinement. I sincerely welcome the valuable comments of colleagues and readers alike, as together we advance the development of quantum game theory and deepen our understanding of human strategic life.
This is the world's first monograph to expound quantum game theory systematically; it is organized into six parts and thirty chapters. Part I, Theoretical Foundations, traces the century-long development of game theory, critiques the mechanistic nature of the classical theory, and establishes the philosophical basis, the quantum-player hypothesis, and the analytical framework. Part II, The Core Theory of Quantum Games, constructs the quantum strategy space, entangled games, measurement-collapse equilibrium, quantum uncertainty, and quantum disequilibrium games. Part III, Types and Extensions of Quantum Games, develops quantum zero-sum and non-zero-sum games, coordination, evolutionary, and cooperative games. Part IV, Information, Learning and Mechanism Design, treats Bayesian games, signaling, repeated games, quantum learning, and quantum mechanism design. Part V, Quantum Game Theory Across the Disciplines, carries the framework into economics, politics, sociology, biology, and computer science. Part VI, Frontiers and the Future, explores quantum computing, experiments, artificial intelligence, philosophy and ethics, and the road ahead.
This book pursues three aims. The first is theoretical unity and depth: deriving the core phenomena of strategic interaction from first principles and establishing an axiomatic, unified framework that overcomes the fragmentation of scattered effects and solution concepts. The second is originality and authority: every chapter contains original theoretical construction, mathematical derivation, and applied analysis, developed to the standard of a world-class research monograph. The third is clarity and readability: expressing profound theory through lucid prose and disciplined formalism, so that readers across economics, psychology, political science, biology, computer science, and quantum information may master this new field step by step.
Quantum game theory is a young and rapidly developing field, and the framework presented here is only a beginning. I am keenly aware that the establishment of any new paradigm requires continual criticism, correction, and refinement. I sincerely welcome the valuable comments of colleagues and readers alike, as together we advance the development of quantum game theory and deepen our understanding of human strategic life.
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