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arxiv: 1704.00726 · v5 · pith:7OATLHQ2new · submitted 2017-04-02 · 🧮 math.CO · cs.GT· math.AT

Fairly Dividing a Cake after Some Parts Were Burnt in the Oven

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There is a heterogeneous resource that contains both good parts and bad parts, for example, a cake with some parts burnt, a land-estate with some parts heavily taxed, or a chore with some parts fun to do. The resource has to be divided fairly among $n$ agents with different preferences, each of whom has a personal value-density function on the resource. The value-density functions can accept any real value --- positive, negative or zero. Each agent should receive a connected piece and no agent should envy another agent. We prove that such a division exists for 3 agents and present preliminary positive results for larger numbers of agents.

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