Intensive course on Infinite Games

Sofia University
12-19 June 2010

Lecturer: Yurii Khomskii

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The exam will take place on Thursday 22 July at 13:00 in room 310.

Lecture    Date & Time    Material covered    Lecture notes   
1 Monday 12 July, 15-17     -Finite games
-Definition of infinite games
-Examples of infinite games
1 - 2.3
2 Tuesday 13 July, 15-17     -Some repetition about infinite games
-Proof that there are non-determined games
2.4
3 Wednesday 14 July, 15-17     -Defensive strategies
-Gale-Stewart Theorem
-Beginning of topology on the Baire space
3 - 4.1
4 Thursday 15 July, 10-12     -More topology on the Baire space
-Connection between topology and determinacy
-Continuous coding
4.2-5.1
5 Thursday 15 July, 14-16     -Perect set property and determinacy
5.2
6 Friday 16 July, 10-12     -Baire property
-Flip sets
5.3-5.4
7 Friday 16 July, 14-16     -Wadge reducibility
5.5