A game locating a needle in a circular haystack (Q762077)
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| English | A game locating a needle in a circular haystack |
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A game locating a needle in a circular haystack (English)
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1985
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A complete solution of the following Hider-Seeker zero-sum game is obtained. The hider hides a needle of length a, \(0<a\leq 2\), in the closed unit disc, and the seeker tries to locate it by shooting in a straight line across the disc. The payoff to the seeker is 1 if he hits the needle and 0 otherwise.
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infinite games
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games in the unit disc
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Hider-Seeker zero-sum game
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