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169+ (Adapted from @Fagin+al:1995.) Consider a game played
170+ with a deck of just 8 cards, 4 aces and 4 kings. The three players,
171+ Alice, Bob, and Carlos, are dealt two cards each. Without looking at
172+ them, they place the cards on their foreheads so that the other players
173+ can see them. Then the players take turns either announcing that they
174+ know what cards are on their own forehead, thereby winning the game, or
175+ saying “I don’t know.” Everyone knows the players are truthful and are
176+ perfect at reasoning about beliefs.< br />
177+
178+ 1. Game 1. Alice and Bob have both said “I don’t know.” Carlos sees
179+ that Alice has two aces (A-A) and Bob has two kings (K-K). What
180+ should Carlos say? (< i > Hint</ i > : consider all three possible
181+ cases for Carlos: A-A, K-K, A-K.)< br />
182+
183+ 2. Describe each step of Game 1 using the notation of modal logic.< br />
184+
185+ 3. Game 2. Carlos, Alice, and Bob all said “I don’t know” on their
186+ first turn. Alice holds K-K and Bob holds A-K. What should Carlos
187+ say on his second turn?< br />
188+
189+ 4. Game 3. Alice, Carlos, and Bob all say “I don’t know” on their first
190+ turn, as does Alice on her second turn. Alice and Bob both hold A-K.
191+ What should Carlos say?< br />
192+
193+ 5. Prove that there will always be a winner to this game.< br />
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