Nash Equilibrium ?

In Game Theory , Nash Equilibrium is defined as follows :

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The Nash equilibrium is a solution concept of a non-cooperative game involving two or more players in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no player has anything to gain by changing only his own strategy.

If each player has chosen a strategy and no player can benefit by changing strategies while the other players keep theirs unchanged, then the current set of strategy choices and the corresponding payoffs constitutes a Nash equilibrium

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I don’t know whether Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un , have ever read  Game Theory  or even heard of John Nash

But they seem to be playing their Ping Pong game accordingly !

Here is how ,

FIRST ROUND :

#  Kim …………. We are not afraid of US bullying

#  Trump………  Do not provoke us

SECOND ROUND :

#  Kim……….    We will teach you a lesson

#  Trump……    Fire and Fury

THIRD ROUND :

#   Kim………   We will send you some shocking gifts

#   Trump…..  All options are on table / nothing ruled out

FOURTH ROUND :

#  Kim………   We will sink Japan and destroy US cities

#  Trump…..  We will totally destroy North Korea ( in UN speech , yesterday )

Question :

Does anyone know whether in real life , a “ War of Words “  , can be made to remain in a state of  “ Perpetual Equilibrium “ – and be known as “ Blame Game Theory “ ?

Answer  :

It has been demonstrated recently that , left to themselves , Robots controlled by Artificial Intelligence , were able to “ invent “ their own language which was unintelligible to humans !

May be they can be requested to paraphrase and perpetuate this Equilibrium as follows :

#   Kim……………..  & % $ # @

#   Trump…………. ( ) & ^ $ @ +

21  Sept  2017

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