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Hobby–Rice theorem

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is a result that is useful in establishing the existence of certain solutions. It was proved in 1965 by Charles R. Hobby and
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partners agree that the parts have the same value. This fair-division challenge is sometimes referred to as the
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functions, its integral over the positive subintervals equals its integral over the negative subintervals).
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functions is a value-density function of one partner. We want to divide the cake into two parts such that
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problem. The Hobby–Rice theorem implies that this can be done with
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of the interval as a division of the interval into
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mathematics
necklace splitting problem
John R. Rice
Noga Alon
cake
consensus-halving
Hobby, C. R.
doi
10.2307/2033900
JSTOR
2033900
"A simple proof of the Hobby–Rice theorem"
doi
10.2307/2041117
JSTOR
2041117
"Splitting Necklaces"
Advances in Mathematics
doi
10.1016/0001-8708(87)90055-7
F.E. Su
"Consensus-halving via theorems of Borsuk-Ulam and Tucker"
Mathematical Social Sciences
doi
10.1016/S0165-4896(02)00087-2
hdl
10419/94656
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mathematical analysis
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