Hawks and Doves (Posted on 2004-09-13)

	Submitted by Federico Kereki
Rating: 3.5000 (2 votes)
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No matter whether you are a hawk or a dove, you may disregard all meetings with doves, for you won't be killed. Also, whatever happens to doves doesn't affect your chances. So, you may consider the world to be populated only by N hawks and you. (N=H if you are a dove, and N=H-1 if you are a hawk.) If N is odd, you'll be killed no matter what you are. If N is even, it also makes no difference if you are a hawk or a dove; you'll be alive only if you are the last one standing, with odds 1/(N+1).

	Subject	Author	Date
	Answer	K Sengupta	2008-10-19 23:55:42
	WHAT IF...	debbie	2004-09-28 19:22:44
	comment on official solution	Tristan	2004-09-27 20:16:35
	No Subject	bernie	2004-09-24 09:39:59
	re(3): final proof of Oskars solution	Matthijs	2004-09-20 07:29:37
	re(2): not much of a clue here	Matthijs	2004-09-17 11:15:47
	re: not much of a clue here	Matthijs	2004-09-17 08:10:52
	not much of a clue here	michael	2004-09-16 12:51:49
	solution final part	Matthijs	2004-09-16 11:51:55
	re(3): To Make Oskar's Solution Work...	Charlie	2004-09-13 20:22:03
	re(2): To Make Oskar's Solution Work...	David Shin	2004-09-13 16:18:19
	re: To Make Oskar's Solution Work...	Charlie	2004-09-13 12:09:43
	To Make Oskar's Solution Work...	David Shin	2004-09-13 10:57:15
	re(2): Bird's Eye View !	Charlie	2004-09-13 10:42:31
	re: Bird's Eye View !	Charlie	2004-09-13 10:34:07
	re: Final part	David Shin	2004-09-13 10:29:08
	Bird's Eye View !	Syzygy	2004-09-13 09:56:25
	Final part	Oskar	2004-09-13 09:42:05
	re: Half an answer	Charlie	2004-09-13 09:19:31
	Half an answer	Charlie	2004-09-13 09:15:17
	re: Clarification Requested	SilverKnight	2004-09-13 09:12:51
	Clarification Requested	David Shin	2004-09-13 08:59:45