Whenever a hawk meets a dove, the dove is killed. Whenever two hawks meet, they fight to death, and both are killed. And if two doves meet, nothing bad happens.

There are H hawks and D doves, and you are either a hawk or a dove. Assuming that meetings are random, what are your chances of survival?

How many meetings occur?  Just one?  Or until there are no hawks left?  If the latter, do meetings occur independently, or do several pairs of birds meet at once?

Posted by David Shin on 2004-09-13 08:59:45