We consider situations in which shares of n firms are held by the same n firms as well as by individual investors. The problem is to determine the actual control of the firms by the individual investors. In part 1, we develop the mathematical model, and explain the basic notions of clutter and...

This is a brief historical note on game theory. We cover its historical roots (prior to its formal definition in 1944), and look at its development until the late 1960’s. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004