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Josephus problem

In computer science and mathematics, the Josephus problem (or Josephus permutation) is a theoretical problem related to a certain counting-out game. Such games are used to pick out a person from a group, e.g. eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

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Josephus problem

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples18
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Josephus problem

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related to Variants and generalizations · 10
Josephus problem → All, Christians, Determine, Graham, In, Josephus, Knuth, Patashnik, The Christians, Turks
related to External links · 8
Josephus problem → Eric, Java Applet, Josephus Flavius, MathWorld, Numberphile, The Josephus Problem, Weisstein, YouTubeGeneralized Josephus Problem

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Josephus problemrelated to External linksJosephus Flavius0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksJava Applet0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksWeisstein0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksEric0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksMathWorld0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksThe Josephus Problem0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksNumberphile0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to External linksYouTubeGeneralized Josephus Problem0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to Variants and generalizationsJosephus0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to Variants and generalizationsTurks0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to Variants and generalizationsChristians0.60section
Josephus problemrelated to Variants and generalizationsAll0.60section

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