The evolution of cooperation

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Axelrod and Hamilton in "The Evolution of Cooperation" discuss the stability of the reciprocal strategy TIT FOR TAT. Is TIT FOR TAT an evolutionary stable strategy (according to the technical definition of ESS - see Skyrms, "Evolution" on blackboard) in the repeated Prisoner's Dilemma? Explain your answer with reference to the definition of ESS.

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