This is indeed an interesting application of game theory, but I should point out...

sethg on Feb 2, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Game Theory Solved a Religious Mystery

This is indeed an interesting application of game theory, but I should point out that this "Talmudic" rule of division is one of several rules proposed for the same problem, and the rabbis of the Talmud ended up rejecting this particular rule.