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In this view of the world (where the prisoner can play "I expect to die today" exactly once, there is actually not a Nash equilibrium where the executioner is g
by fanzhang 8y ago
In this view of the world (where the prisoner can play "I expect to die today" exactly once, there is actually not a Nash equilibrium where the executioner is guaranteed to win.
In other words the judge's sentence can't be guaranteed to be carried out.
- bluecalm 8y agoYou almost always need mixed strategies for Nash Equilibrium to exist so that's not much of a surprise that it doesn't exist if the prisoner has to choose a pure one (expects to die exactly this day and not other days).