Functional iteration and the Josephus problem

DOI10.1017/S0017089500008272zbMATH Open0751.05007MaRDI QIDQ3976908FDOQ3976908

Herbert S. Wilf, Andrew Odlyzko

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Glasgow Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Josephus problemfunctional iteration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic enumeration (05A16)

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