From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:49:34 +0800
To: eli+@gs160.sp.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)
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eli+@gs160.sp.cs.cmu.edu wrote:
> 
> Hal Finney writes:
> >I think the best way to approach this problem is to first try to solve
> >it assuming there are only two robbers rather than 20.
> 
> Right.  Of course, you're implicitly assuming not only that this bunch
> of bank robbers is rational, but that they're familiar with
> mathematical induction.  :->

In my initial post that caused all the turmoil I said (literally) this:

``Twenty cypherpunks robbed a bank.''
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I was careful choosing words.

	- Igor.