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Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)



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.