From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!houxi!hou5d!hou5a!mat
Newsgroups: net.math
Title: Re: Splitting Candy Bars
Article-I.D.: hou5a.165
Posted: Mon Oct 25 16:32:47 1982
Received: Thu Oct 28 07:32:43 1982
References: rocheste.131

I recall reading about this in Sci. Am. a couple of years ago -- Martin
Gardeners column.  The Algorithm he presented was attributed to John Horton
Conway, and operated as follows:
	Any person takes the knife, and places it at one end of the
	Snickers bar.  He slowly moves it toward the other end.  At any
	time, one of the people ( including the cutter ) may yell 'CUT',
	and take for himself the piece that gets cut.  If the cutter
	is the one who takes the piece, he turns the knife over to someone
	else, otherwise the yeller simply goes away and eats his piece.

Is this the same problem, or have I missed something?
				-Mark Terribile
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