The Ancient World
The Ancient World
Scott C.
Episode B18 – The Josephus Problem
28 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2015 at 11:38 pm.
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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.

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