The Josephus Problem - Numberphile
The Josephus Problem, featuring Daniel Erman from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Winning at Dots and Boxes: https://youtu.be/KboGyIilP6k More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓...
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So it's called the Josephus Problem.It's based on something from history.There was a group of Jewish soldiers who were surrounded by the Roman armyand they didn't want to get captured, so they decided to come up with a system-- to avoid getting captured or suicide.So they'd sit in a circle, and the first man would kill the guy to the left of himThe next remaining living person would kill the next remaining living person with their sword.And they'd go around like this, till there's only one person left,and the last person would have to commit suicide of course, rather than get captured.And the story - at least the story I was told, I'm not sure if this is historically accurate -Was that Josephus preferred captu...
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So it's called the Josephus Problem.It's based on something from history.There was a group of Jewish soldiers who were surrounded by the Roman armyand they didn't want to get captured, so they decided to come up with a system-- to avoid getting captured or suicide.So they'd sit in a circle, and the first man would kill the guy to the left of himThe next remaining living person would kill the next remaining living person with their sword.And they'd go around like this, till there's only one person left,and the last person would have to commit suicide of course, rather than get captured.And the story - at least the story I was told, I'm not sure if this is historically accurate -Was that Josephus preferred captu...
