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http://dx.doi.org/10.11568/kjm.2018.26.1.1

SERIAL EXECUTION JOSEPHUS PROBLEM  

Park, Jang-Woo (School of Arts and Sciences University of Houston-Victoria)
Teixeira, Ricardo (School of Arts and Sciences University of Houston-Victoria)
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Korean Journal of Mathematics / v.26, no.1, 2018 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we will study a generalized version of Josephus where a serial execution occurs at each iteration and give a non-recursive formula for the initial positions of survivors.
Keywords
Josephus problem; discrete mathematics; function iterations;
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