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?

I like Federico's official solution.  It's simple, elegant, and easy to prove.  Using N as the number of hawks minus yourself makes it all a lot easier.  Why did we all miss this very elegant interpretation?  Or did I miss the comment that didn't miss it?

Posted by Tristan on 2004-09-27 20:16:35