The Josephus Problem - Numberphile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsD3ZGzMgE
Activity, Problem, Publisher, Numberphile, Video, YouTube
The Josephus Problem, featuring Daniel Erman from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Not a cheery topic, but an interesting problem:
In computer science and mathematics, the Josephus problem (or Josephuspermutation) is a theoretical problem related to a certain counting-out game. People are standing in a circle waiting to be executed. Counting begins at a specified point in the circle and proceeds around the circle in a specified direction. Wikipedia
2 November 2016 Edit: 29 October 2016
Submit a correction to this link | Help align this link to NSW Mathematics Syllabuses align this link to The Australian Curriculum
Comments
How have you used this link in your classroom? Share your teaching ideas or leave a review about this link.
Sign in to leave a comment.
There are no comments for this link.