Guess the Larger Number

2016/07/31 by Gnedin, Alexander
#60G09 #60G40 #62L15 #91A60 #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1608.01899

Abstract

We discuss variations of the zero-sum game where Bob selects two distinct numbers, and Alice learns one of them to make a guess which of the numbers is the larger.

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