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Hawks and Doves (Posted on 2004-09-13) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki    
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Some Thoughts re: Final part | Comment 7 of 22 |
(In reply to Final part by Old Original Oskar!)

I worked out a few examples that imply that this reasoning seems to work, but I am not entirely convinced.  The reason is that if you are a dove where H is even, and you meet a fellow dove, nothing happens.  On the other hand, if you were a hawk instead of a dove, and you meet a dove, you kill that dove, which would affect subsequent probabilities. 
  Posted by David Shin on 2004-09-13 10:29:08

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