[EM] Cycle Definition of BeatpathWinner

[Markus Schulze]

Dear Mike,

you wrote (21 Sep 2002):
> A defeat is nullified if it's in a cycle that doesn't
> include a weaker defeat. A candidate wins if he doesn't
> have an unnullified defeat. This is a briefer definition
> of BeatpathWinner. It has as obvious & natural motivation
> & justification as CSSD, but it's much briefer than either
> the BeatpathWinner wording or the CSSD wording.

The definition above is incorrect.

Example:

   A:B=52:48
   A:C=53:47
   A:D=49:51
   B:C=56:44
   B:D=45:55
   C:D=54:46

Candidate A is the unique winner. However, also candidate D
has no unnullified defeat.

Markus Schulze

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