Quantumizing Classical Games: An Introduction to Quantum Game Theory

Abstract

We give a concise and self-contained introduction to the theory of Quantum Games by reviewing the seminal works of Meyer, Eisert-Wilkens-Lewenstein, Marinatto-Weber and Landsburg, which initiated the study of this field. By generalizing this body of work, we formulate a protocol to $\textit{Quantumize}$ any finite classical $n$-player game, and use a novel approach of describing such a Quantum Game in terms of commuting Payoff Operators. We describe what advantages can be gained by players by quantumizing such a game, particularly, what additional Nash Equilibria the players can achieve and the Pareto-Optimality of these additional equilibria.