Episode B18 – The Josephus Problem

The Ancient World

Scott C.

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Synopsis: Joseph ben Matityahu fought the Romans as a Jewish General before becoming a trusted advisor to the Flavians. The Josephus Problem (mathematics): Given a group of n men arranged in a circle under the edict that every mth man will be executed going around the circle until only one remains, find the position L (n, m) in which you should stand in order to be the last survivor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.0	The ancient world,
1:07.0	the ancient world bloodline. The Josephus Problem The simplest equation was 41 minus 41 equals zero. But then if you start going by
1:31.8	three's well 41 isn't divisible by three.
1:36.0	So what does that get you?
1:38.4	39 men with their throats cut lying on the floor of a cave and a messy remainder of two survivors.
1:47.0	Roman soldiers block the only exit, a boundary condition but not a factor.
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