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...

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

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...

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...

part of human history, prisoners of war would most often be either slaughtered or enslaved. Early Roman gladiators could be prisoners of war, categorised...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In general, in Canada, prisoners are eligible to apply for full parole after serving one-third of their sentences. Prisoners are also eligible to apply...

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...

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...

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

remain at Guantanamo Bay. This list of Guantánamo prisoners has the known identities of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, but is...

Gents Without Cents – Three girls perform acrobatics on stage while this song is playing. Gents in a Jam – Shemp and Moe have a problem with a radio that...

among scholars is that, of the 14 million prisoners who passed through the Gulag camps and the 4 million prisoners who passed through the Gulag colonies from...

January 1994 (Chapter II : Health in prison and Social Welfare of Prisoners), prisoners are affiliated to the general social security scheme during their...