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Josephus problem from Wikipedia
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The problem is named after Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian living in the 1st century. As his own account goes, he and his 40 comrade soldiers were trapped in a cave, surrounded by Romans. They chose suicide over capture and decided that they would draw lots to determine who would kill whom. Josephus and one other man were the last remaining. Josephus convinced the other Jew that they should both surrender to the Romans rather than to kill themselves. Josephus attributed his survival to luck or to Providence, he knew not which
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_problem
created by syam1224 on 2008-05-04 03:59:17
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