Josephus problem modified

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temper_3243
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Josephus problem modified

Post by temper_3243 » Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:20 am

Hi,

There are 2n people sitting in a circle . The first n are good and next n are bad. Now i have to choose minimum k such that all the bad n are eliminated before the first n. How do i find such k.

Please point me to links or documents ? Is there any recursive formula ?

Regards,
Terry
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Re: Josephus problem modified

Post by frk_styc » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:54 pm

temper_3243 wrote:Hi,

There are 2n people sitting in a circle . The first n are good and next n are bad. Now i have to choose minimum k such that all the bad n are eliminated before the first n. How do i find such k.

Please point me to links or documents ? Is there any recursive formula ?

Regards,
Terry
a problem from cerc 1995. enumerating every possible k will do.
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