A note on the problem of prisoners and hats

Published 3 Jan 2018 in math.CO | (1801.01184v1)

Abstract: We study the famous mathematical puzzle of prisoners and hats. We introduce a framework in which various variants of the problem can be formalized. We examine three particular versions of the problem (each one in fact a class of problems) and completely characterize them as to (non)existence of winning strategies.

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Petr Glivický

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