Existence of a simple and equitable fair division: a short proof

2017/03/21 by Guillaume Chèze, Chèze, Guillaume · 2 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT) #Economic theories and models #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Game Theory and Applications #Game Theory and Voting Systems

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.09804

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Abstract

In this note we study how to share a good between n players in a simple and equitable way. We give a short proof for the existence of such fair divisions.

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