Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)

[ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)]

David Sternlight wrote:
> 
> At 4:05 PM -0700 7/25/96, Hal wrote:
> >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.  Then once you
> >have that figured out, try it for three, then four, and so on.  Keep in
> >mind that 50% support is enough for a proposed distribution to pass, you
> >don't need a strict majority.
> >
> 
> Exactly. I arrived at the solution the same way. Note that there is another
> assumption needed--that the selection of a proposer is by lot at each new
> stage. If the ordering of proposers is known in advance, a different
> solution results.

Yes, the cypherpunk robbers are ordered by alphabet.

igor