Converging on Common Knowledge

Authors: Dominik Klein, Rasmus Kræmmer Rendsvig

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Reproducibility Variable Result LLM Response
Research Type Theoretical This paper discusses unreliable communication protocols from a topological perspective and asks If the generals may communicate indefinitely, will they then converge to a state of common knowledge? We answer by making precise and showing the following: common knowledge is attainable if, and only if, we do not care about common knowledge. We cast the analysis in a mathematically expressive framework where convergent sequences and limit points are natural inhabitants, allowing us to show when and how unreliable communication converges to a state of common knowledge.
Researcher Affiliation Academia Dominik Klein1 and Rasmus Kræmmer Rendsvig2 1University of Bamberg and University of Bayreuth 2Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
Pseudocode No No structured pseudocode or algorithm blocks found.
Open Source Code No No statement or link providing access to source code for the methodology.
Open Datasets No This paper is theoretical and does not involve datasets or training.
Dataset Splits No This paper is theoretical and does not involve dataset splits for validation.
Hardware Specification No This paper is theoretical and does not describe hardware specifications for experiments.
Software Dependencies No This paper is theoretical and does not describe specific software dependencies with version numbers.
Experiment Setup No This paper is theoretical and does not provide details about an experimental setup.