Guess the Larger Number
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2016-08-08 v1
Authors:
Alexander Gnedin
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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@article{arxiv.1608.01899,
title = {Guess the Larger Number},
author = {Alexander Gnedin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01899},
year = {2016}
}
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