How Did Water Solve the 1800-Year-Old Talmudic Bankruptcy Problem?

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Today we are solving an ancient bankruptcy puzzle from the Talmud using the principle of communicating vessels. A very nice visual way of making sense of an otherwise tricky problem. "Game theoretic analysis of a bankruptcy problem from the Talmud" by Robert J Aumann and Michael Maschler https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022053185901024 " ‘Hydraulic’ rationing" by Marek M. Kaminski https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165489699000451 Also check out his book about his time as a political prisoner Games Prisoners Play: The Tragicomic Worlds of Polish Prison