Capt. JG wrote:

Look it up on the web:

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mathijs/brainte..._solution.html



But that's wrong.

They approach the vote backwards which means that the
proposal which should be first is actually last. That's why
my proposal was to eliminate #1 and #2.

The problem can be solved by approaching the vote in the
right order: Perhaps #3 and #4 might want a larger cut to
vote in favor, but then #4 faces the prospect of his
proposal getting deadlocked, which means he's shark food.

Then #3 gets to propose the same deal as I did for #5,
namely a bigger cut to #2 to get him to go along with voting
against #1.

So with all due respect to Mathijs den Burger, his solution
is wrong. Why would Pirate #2 and #3 vote for his proposal
which gives them little or nothing? By voting no & waiting,
they satisfy both bloodthirstiness & greed.

DSK