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Re:Arrow's impossibility theorem by kragen on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @08:34PM (#9656783)
That sounds very interesting! How did your nonterminating election procedure work?
Re:Arrow's impossibility theorem by mkehrt on Thursday June 04, 2015 @03:57PM (#9661645)
Oh, god. I don't remember the details, but it involved crossing off the bottom third of candidates every round until there was only one left. But somehow, this didn't always get rid of everyone, and you could get stuck in a state where there was no bottom third.
Re:Arrow's impossibility theorem by reagency on Thursday June 04, 2015 @12:30AM (#9657456)
Did work? It is still working to this day...