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11 July 2013

  • curprev 21:1021:10, 11 July 2013 en>David Eppstein 2,003 bytes +2,003 It's essential to the statement of the problem that this is the *first* discovery of an empty box. Otherwise it's not well defined; e.g. after he lights 2N cigarettes, both boxes are empty with probability 1 as he will discover when he tries to light 2N+1

2 October 2011

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