
doi: 10.3390/math10050729
Recently, Postnikov introduced Bert Kostant’s game to build the maximal positive root associated with the quadratic form of a simple graph. This result, and some other games based on Cartan matrices, give a new version of Gabriel’s theorem regarding algebras classification. In this paper, as a variation of Bert Kostant’s game, we introduce a wargame based on a missile defense system (MDS). In this case, missile trajectories are interpreted as suitable paths of a quiver (directed graph). The MDS protects a region of the Euclidean plane by firing missiles from a ground-based interceptor (GBI) located at the point (0,0). In this case, a missile success interception occurs if a suitable positive number associated with the launches of the enemy army can be written as a mixed sum of triangular and square numbers.
positive root, wargame, Brauer configuration algebra, Dynkin graph, QA1-939, path algebra, mixed sums of triangular and square numbers, quiver representation, quadratic form, Mathematics
positive root, wargame, Brauer configuration algebra, Dynkin graph, QA1-939, path algebra, mixed sums of triangular and square numbers, quiver representation, quadratic form, Mathematics
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