Request for Forest Simmons on 1+ candidate geometry (was Re:[EM] Correction. Big CS fault?

[Craig Carey]

At 2002\12\28 20:18 +1300 Saturday, Craig Carey wrote:
 >At 2002\12\27 22:38 -0500 Friday, Elisabeth Varin/Stephane Rouillon wrote:
...
 >This seems to be only about the default meaning of a term that is using
 >less words than are needed to get its meaning pinned down. So the thread
...

I have a question for Stephane Rouillon:

What is the number of papers in this election example?:

+1 (A)
+0 (AB)
-0 (BA)
-1 (B)
+6 ()

The Forest geometry would proceed by adding the votes for the (A) and (AB)
papers to produce a single number. Presumably FPTP-ized geometry of
Mr F Simmons malfunctions  with a run-time error when the FPTP "favorite"
of the empty ballot paper is calculated.

That paper with an empty preference list seems to correspond to a
spooled ballot paper.

I certainly would expect that the best answer to that question
is the number two.

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