Elliptic Curves Come to Date Night

In game theory, the Nash equilibrium describes a situation where neither player will benefit from changing strategies. Recently, İrem Portakal and Bernd Sturmfels showed that a different notion of equilibrium has an intriguing geometric structure.

Explore the shape of decision-making in the context of a simple cooperative game: what to do for date night.

Article by Ursula Whitcher in the April Feature Column of the American Mathematical Society

Elliptic curves come to date night