The three prisoners problem appeared in Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American in 1959. It is mathematically equivalent to...

The 100 prisoners problem is a mathematical problem in probability theory and combinatorics. In this problem, 100 numbered prisoners must find their own...

Hall problem. This problem involves three condemned prisoners, a random one of whom has been secretly chosen to be pardoned. One of the prisoners begs...

paradox Monty Hall problem Three Prisoners problem Two envelopes problem Sleeping Beauty problem The Monty Hall and Three Prisoners problems are identical...

there is a catch ... If both prisoners testify against each other, both will be sentenced to two years in jail. The prisoners are given a little time to...

of the outcome itself). The Monty Hall paradox (or equivalently three prisoners problem) demonstrates that a decision that has an intuitive fifty–fifty...

popular puzzles, such as the Three Prisoners problem, the Monty Hall problem, the Two Child problem, and the Two Envelopes problem.[citation needed] Suppose...

variant, only three prisoners and five hats of known colours (in this example two black and three white) are involved. The three prisoners are ordered to...

problem: A probability problem that can be correctly answered as one half or one third depending on how the question is approached. Three Prisoners problem...

1957) The Soma cube (Sep 1958) Squaring the square (Nov 1958) The Three Prisoners problem (Oct 1959) Polyominoes (Nov 1960) The Paradox of the unexpected...

indoctrination. For much of history, prisoners of war would often be slaughtered or enslaved. Early Roman gladiators could be prisoners of war, categorised according...

the famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation from other prisoners, Bronson wrote...

The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether...

students, is held, in Romania. October – Martin Gardner presents the Three Prisoners problem in probability theory. Edsger W. Dijkstra rediscovers 'Prim's algorithm'...

reports about the treatment of the prisoners. In response to an ICRC report, Karpinski stated that several of the prisoners were intelligence assets, and therefore...

military were interned as prisoners of war in the United States during World War I and World War II. In all, 425,000 German prisoners lived in 700 camps throughout...

and they were instructed to prevent prisoners from escaping. The experiment started officially when "prisoners" were arrested by real police of Palo...

contraband and made the prisoners eligible for disciplinary action. It was compulsory for prisoners to shave in their cells three times a week. Attempting...

at a prisoner-of-war camp for German and Italian soldiers in Salina, Utah. Nine German prisoners of war were murdered and nineteen prisoners were wounded...

supply problems. By mid-August 1941, it had become clear that many prisoners would die. The capture of nearly a million and a half million prisoners during...

The term year 2000 problem, or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and...

On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor...

This is a list of episodes from the American sitcom My Three Sons. The show was broadcast on ABC from 1960 to 1965, and was then switched over to CBS...

A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power...

inadvertently discovers from Kurt that the smell from the camp is in fact burning prisoners, and she angrily confronts her husband. Later that night, Kurt reveals...

Problem Child is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Robert Simonds. The...

Monty Hall problem / (F:B) Necktie paradox Simpson's paradox Sleeping Beauty problem St. Petersburg paradox / mnt (1:D) Three Prisoners problem Two envelopes...

brief period of captivity in France, most of the prisoners were deported to Germany. In Germany, prisoners were incarcerated in Stalag or Oflag prison camps...

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires : D'Artagnan, titled The Three Musketeers – Part I: D'Artagnan in the United States)...

prison and shows little interest in the prisoners and their cases. This soon irks both the staff and prisoners, as she forgets or loses important information...