Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- solution (?)

[John Deters <jad@dsddhc.com>]

At 01:13 PM 7/25/96 -0500, Igor Chudov wrote:
>Igor Chudov wrote:
>> 
>> Here's a puzzle for our game theorists.
>
>I forgot to say what the GOALS are. The goals of every individual
>cypherpunk are (in from highest to lowest priority): 
>
>1. Stay alive
>2. Get as much money as possible
>3. Keep as many cypherpunks alive as possible, all other things being equal.

The first cypherpunk should propose a 10-way split:  #s 11-20.  It's the
best offer #s 10-18 will be assured of getting without having to kill
anyone.  Once any one dies, I think the results will always boil down to #19
getting 100% of the money (when #s 1-18 are dead, #19 proposes that #19 gets
100% of the money and his vote is 50%, so he "wins".  #20 kills him out of
spite and takes it all anyway, though.  No honor amongst thieves.)

John
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