I’m glad to see that other mathematicians are working on the fair-division problem. The challenge is not so much with the optimizing-allocating
procedures or algorithms but with how to explain the process and results in a way
that is satisfying, understandable, and binding to the participants without seeming to benefit
some distant party, like the landlord or the market.
Mike Chambreau Los Altos, Calif.
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