The Josephus problem

DOI10.5802/JTNB.204zbMath0905.05002OpenAlexW2080167820MaRDI QIDQ1388988

Norbert Hungerbühler, Lorenz Halbeisen

Publication date: 2 February 1999

Published in: Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.numdam.org/item?id=JTNB_1997__9_2_303_0

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmJosephus numbersnon-recursive formulas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Permutations, words, matrices (05A05) Recurrences (11B37)

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• On the generalized Josephus problem

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