Lecture 17; Math 636

 

LEFTOVERS

            Correction to argument for MaxEnt

            Bread-Wine tradeoff possibilities (HW prob 2)

 

THREADS

            Project presentations.

 

NEW

Game theory and evolution –

            Nash equilibria

            ESS = evolutionarily stable strategies

            Lewontin 1961                        (see course materials)

            Maynard Smith 1982              (see course materials)

                        Example: Optimal clutch size in birds; optimal foraging

                        Open problem: Rate of lysogeny for phage