[EM] Hay voting bust, busted

Jobst Heitzig heitzig-j at web.de
Tue Feb 6 15:47:22 PST 2007


Peter wrote:
> Think about the n-Substance problem again. I showed that with a square
> root rule, the optimal amount of each substance to buy is proportional
> to its utility density. Notice I said "proportional," not "equal." That
> proportion is c. So the normalizing constant is not new. All I did was
> calculate its value.
>
> You have to have a normalizing constant because the amount of credit you
> have available to spend is fixed.
Then you should be able to provide a thorough proof that it is optimal 
to express rankings proportional to your true utilities, by showing the 
respective derivatives to be zero.

Please do so, since I still question that they are!





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