Schelling Points

A description of Schelling Points in SETI, including a history of the concept, and its various applications to searches for beacons. Includes a discussion of the Water Hole and other “magic frequencies'' in the radio and beyond and the complexities introduced by the Doppler shifts. Also includes a detailed description of proposals for temporal Schelling points (when to look) including the SETI Ellipsiod and the Seto scheme; spatial Schelling points including Ecliptic Plane SETI; and Schelling Points in the Solar System. Includes exercises for students.