[EM] Lp-ball range

[Andy Jennings]

>
> > The unit ball for method two has no corners or bulges (which all other
> values of p involve), so the strategy is not so obvious. But if Samuel
> Merrill is right, then in the zero information case, the optimum strategy
> for method two is to vote appropriately normalized sincere utilities.
>
> --wrong.
> Your best strategy for any of these methods is, you identify the two
> "frontrunners", you vote max for one and min for the other, and then
> if you have any freedom left, you start considering the other N-2
> candidates.


He said "in the zero information case".  I think this means you can't know
who the frontrunners are.
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