Game Theory Narratives of the Three-Body Trilogy
This article offers a formal analysis of the paradoxes, dilemmas and strategic interactions explored in Liu Cixin’s trilogy The Three-Body Problem. Several games, such as the survival game, the deterrence game, the first contact game, and the big bang game, provide the foundations of cosmic sociology.
Authors
- Jean-Christophe Péreau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-6994)
- Noemí Navarro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1795-5976)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Bordeaux (FR)
- Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Games
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/g17030022
- Primary Topic
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00