We give explicit non-recursive formulas to compute the Josephus-numbers
Nous donnons des formules explicites permettant de calculer les nombres de Josephus
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TY - JOUR AU - Lorenz Halbeisen AU - Norbert Hungerbühler TI - The Josephus problem JO - Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux PY - 1997 SP - 303 EP - 318 VL - 9 IS - 2 PB - Université Bordeaux I UR - https://jtnb.centre-mersenne.org/item/JTNB_1997__9_2_303_0/ LA - en ID - JTNB_1997__9_2_303_0 ER -
Lorenz Halbeisen; Norbert Hungerbühler. The Josephus problem. Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 9 (1997) no. 2, pp. 303-318. https://jtnb.centre-mersenne.org/item/JTNB_1997__9_2_303_0/
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