jealous husbands problem

noun

A logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man without her husband also present.

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nounjealous husbands problem (plural jealous husbands problems)

plural jealous husbands problems

  1. A logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man without her husband also present.
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