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1996-07-26 - Re: Twenty Bank Robbers – Game theory:)

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
To: gary@systemics.com (Gary Howland)
Message Hash: d4c74770d83a2081b4595f1150047c6be1268e115528c39c70eb93cbf3d69b1e
Message ID: <199607261346.IAA02877@manifold.algebra.com>
Reply To: <31F89692.167EB0E7@systemics.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-26 17:00:13 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 01:00:13 +0800

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 01:00:13 +0800
To: gary@systemics.com (Gary Howland)
Subject: Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)
In-Reply-To: <31F89692.167EB0E7@systemics.com>
Message-ID: <199607261346.IAA02877@manifold.algebra.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Gary Howland wrote:
> 
> David Sternlight wrote:
> > 
> > >>Twenty cypherpunks robbed a bank. They took 20 million bucks. Here's
> > >>how they plan to split the money: they stay in line, and the first guy
> > >>suggests how to split the money. Then they vote on his suggestion.
>                                           ^^^^         ^^^
> > No. Robber 18 knows that he will be killed under those circumstances, so he
> > proposes that Robber 20 gets all the money. 20 votes with him. 
> 
> I think many are assuming that the cypherpunk making the suggestion
> gets a vote.  My reading of the puzzle is that he does not.
> 

Everyone who is still alive, including the one making a suggestion, can
vote.


	- Igor.

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