So just to motivate this a little bit, so there's two reasons why this game is interesting.

所以各位不必担心学不会了,这个博弈之所以有趣有两个原因

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So this is a game, just to give you some more jargon, this is a normal-form game.

用专业术语来说,这个博弈,属于标准式的博弈

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You might think that what a computer, what a chess-playing computer does is just this: it calculates every possible branch, every possible game from here on out.

你可能认为,一台电脑,或一台下棋电脑所做的工作就是这样,计算出所有可能的下法,以及与之对应的各种可能的棋局

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Now, a lot of today is going to be fairly abstract, so I just want to remind you that Game Theory has some real world relevance.

今天所讲的很多内容会很抽象,但我想要提醒大家,博弈论与现实世界是紧密联系的

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So this is a game that occurs in soccer and just to give an idea of how important it is for those people who are unfortunate enough not to be soccer fans here, the last World Cup was decided on penalty kicks.

所以这是一个有关足球的博弈,我先告诉在座的不是球迷的同学,为什么说这个很重要,因为上届世界杯冠军就是点球决定的

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