Three Prisoners problem

The Three Prisoners problem appeared in Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American in 1959. It is mathematically equivalent to the Monty Hall problem with car and goat replaced respectively with freedom and execution.

Not to be confused with Prisoner's dilemma, Hangman paradox, or Prisoners and hats puzzle.
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