Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)

[Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>]

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.

Gary
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