Equation 14 · Part 3 · Why We Punish Strangers: The Evolution of Human Cooperation
subtraction
subtraction
What this part means
Subtract the following term or group from the preceding one. A leading minus marks a negative quantity.
Its job in the formula
Subtract the following term or group from the preceding one. A leading minus marks a negative quantity.
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The passage around this formula
which falls as the residual pool of defectors, 1 - x - y , shrinks. Once a group happens to reach a state where
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Addition combines quantities; subtraction measures the signed difference between them. Parentheses show what is combined before the rest of the expression is evaluated.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [9] The Evolution of Altruistic Punishment ↗
- [11] Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems ↗
- [8] Reciprocity: Weak or Strong? What Punishment Experiments Do (and Do Not) Demonstrate ↗
- [12] Strategies for Cooperation in Biological Markets, Especially for Humans ↗
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