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The 100 Prisoner's problem
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RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem
(February 21, 2016 at 2:38 pm)Tiberius Wrote: In fact if the director put the numbers in the boxes following this pattern (the number in the box is the number of the box plus 1, and the number in box 100 is 1) then he would guarantee that the first prisoner would not find their number, even if the first prisoner was chosen at random.

By the 20th time though, most prisoners would recognize the pattern.   It'd be a good test though.
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The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Aractus - February 21, 2016 at 9:45 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 21, 2016 at 12:07 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Excited Penguin - February 21, 2016 at 2:37 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Tiberius - February 21, 2016 at 2:25 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Tiberius - February 21, 2016 at 2:38 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Cecelia - February 22, 2016 at 12:15 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Aoi Magi - February 22, 2016 at 12:45 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Cecelia - February 22, 2016 at 1:01 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Aractus - February 22, 2016 at 1:27 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Aractus - February 22, 2016 at 1:17 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by ApeNotKillApe - February 22, 2016 at 1:23 am
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by FebruaryOfReason - February 21, 2016 at 2:39 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by Excited Penguin - February 21, 2016 at 2:42 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 21, 2016 at 5:51 pm
RE: The 100 Prisoner's problem - by SteelCurtain - February 22, 2016 at 1:24 am

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