Toward Quantum Combinatorial Games

Paul Dorbec (1) , Mehdi Mhalla (2)

1 LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
2 LIG - Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble

In this paper, we propose a Quantum variation of combinatorial games, generalizing the Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe proposed by Allan Goff. A combinatorial game is a two-player game with no chance and no hidden information, such as Go or Chess. In this paper, we consider the possibility of playing superpositions of moves in such games. We propose different rulesets depending on when superposed moves should be played, and prove that all these rulesets may lead similar games to different outcomes. We then consider Quantum variations of the game of Nim. We conclude with some discussion on the relative interest of the different rulesets.

Domaines: Informatique et théorie des jeux [cs.GT]; Mathématique discrète [cs.DM]; Physique Quantique [quant-ph]

Paul Dorbec, Mehdi Mhalla. Toward Quantum Combinatorial Games. Quantum Physics and Logic, Jul 2017, Nijmegen, Netherlands. pp.237 - 248, ⟨10.4204/EPTCS.266.16⟩. ⟨hal-01429072v2⟩