Sharing jugs of wine
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Colin J.H. McDiarmid; Jorge Ramirez Alfonsin
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Article
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1994
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Two people have a full B-gallon jug of wine and two empty jugs of capacity M and S, respectively, where B= M +S. Any jug may be poured into any other jug until either the first one is empty or the second is full. What is the quickest way for them to divide the wine equally? We solve this problem and