Naman Pal on Instagram: "The Josephus Problem is one of the most fascinating puzzles in math & computer science. 🌀 Imagine this: 100 people stand in a circle. Starting from person 1, each person eliminates the one next to them. This continues round and round… until only one survivor is left. 😨 Now here’s the mind-blowing part → Instead of simulating the whole process, math gives us a direct formula to find the last survivor. For k = 2 (kill next person): 1. Write the number of people in binary

The AI Mod on Instagram: "Why do computers use binary — just 0s and 1s — instead of a faster trinary system with 0, 1, and 2? 🤔 Harvard computer scientist David J. Malan breaks it down perfectly 👇 Binary isn’t about being old-fashioned — it’s about being simple, reliable, and stable. Computers run on electricity, and it’s far easier to detect whether a signal is on or off (0 volts or 3 volts) than to measure uncertain middle states like 1.5 volts. Trinary could be more efficient in theory, but

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