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View SchemaMulti-Player Quantum Games
| Authors | Simon C. Benjamin, Patrick M. Hayden |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0007038 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0007038 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.030301 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 64(3):030301, 2001 |
Abstract
Recently the concept of quantum information has been introduced into game theory. Here we present the first study of quantum games with more than two players. We discover that such games can possess a new form of equilibrium strategy, one which has no analogue either in traditional games or even in two-player quantum games. In these `pure' coherent equilibria, entanglement shared among multiple players enables new kinds of cooperative behavior: indeed it can act as a contract, in the sense that it prevents players from successfully betraying one-another.
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