Josephus math problem, interesting!

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Numberphile is one of my favorite youtube channels. Also check out videos from Mathologer, and 3 Blue 1 Brown. Some very cool stuff.

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@joe-shmo said
@sonhouse

Numberphile is one of my favorite youtube channels. Also check out videos from Mathologer, and 3 Blue 1 Brown. Some very cool stuff.

Thanks for the tip!
Has anyone said just WHY that binary solution works, moving the 1 to the other end of the binary number?

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@sonhouse said
Thanks for the tip!
Has anyone said just WHY that binary solution works, moving the 1 to the other end of the binary number?

I don't know. Perhaps Duchess should work it out for us...( but I fear she is too busy thumbing down posts )