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It’s interesting to notice, that christians would have the same problems in finding easter. I just read an article about easter calculation and at some point i thought i know the whole problem of having to supply dates for events based on natural (mostly lunar) calendar in a world dominated by a rather artificial calendar.

The FAQ Site explains the date-choosing for easter like this:

The calculation of Easter is complicated because it is linked to (an inaccurate version of) the Hebrew calendar.

Tagesschau.de ran a piece about a mathematical solution to the question if a person waiting for a bus should keep waiting or walk the distance to the next bus stop. The authors of the paper called “Walk versus Wait: The Lazy Mathematician Wins” came to the obvious conclusion that it is - in most cases [...]