newdawn Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Hi everyone, Other than analysis and optimization, are there any other courses,such as stochastic processes, one must do to successfully start reading research articles and may be building a small model for a class of evolutionary game theory? I will appreciate your advice Best, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippen1234 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Is this an undergraduate class or a graduate class? The math can be really complicated(complicated in the sense of mathematical language used) or not depending on what angle you are approaching it at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Also depends on what department. The math/bio side of evolutionary game theory is actually easier on average, you just gotta know your differential equations and Markov chains. The econ side often treats it as a theory topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newdawn Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 Is this an undergraduate class or a graduate class? The math can be really complicated(complicated in the sense of mathematical language used) or not depending on what angle you are approaching it at. Graduate seminar style class in econ department, next fall. So I do have one semester and full summer to pick 2 math courses(or study them on my own) one each semester. Given my math background is baby Rudin Chapter 1-5, Sundaram based optimization class, and econ class as the background, what should be the optimal two course math sequence? One of my professor(non-econ) suggested Measure theoretic probability. However, I am almost clueless as of now. Should it be Measure Theoritic book such as Athreya and then a Partial differential course? or simply an applied a Stochastic process course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Even econ theory courses are unlikely to use measure theoretic probability at a high level. You're better off getting more familiar with typical applied math topics (PDE/ stochastic processes) and learning a little bit of measure theory on your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippen1234 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I agree, I would not think you would need measure theory for an applied game theory course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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