Sorry again. I was thinking of the two-person, two-number game. If the public numbers are a<b and if my number is zero then you will know you are either a or b but if you were b then I would have won after the first ding. You are right, in the 6,8,15 game the forehead pair (0,8) takes 6 dings. DG At 06:53 PM 1/6/04 -0500, you wrote:
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 01:57:53PM -0800, David Gale wrote:
In fact the forehead numbers need not be integers. Any non-negative real is ok. Zero is legal and the game ends after two dings. Negative numbers are not allowed.;
Which game are you talking about when you say the game ends after two dings with a zero? With the 6, 8, 15 game I found that the game can take up to 6 dings when there is a zero. Unless I made some mistake?
Peace, Dylan
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