“In any story worth the tellin’, that knows about the way of the world, the third wish is the one that undoes the harm the first two wishes caused.”
— Granny Weatherwax, A Hat Full of Sky.
In short, the genie may well conclude that every m’th wish, for some m (Granny Weatherwax suggests here that ‘m’ is three) your wish would be to have never met the genie in the first place. At this point, if you’re lucky, the genie will use a value of n that’s a multiple of m. If you’re unlucky, the genie will use a value of n that’s km-1 for some integer k...
Alternatively, you’ll end up with a genie who can’t handle the math and does not understand what you’re asking for.
I can see a genie taking a shortcut here.
— Granny Weatherwax, A Hat Full of Sky.
In short, the genie may well conclude that every m’th wish, for some m (Granny Weatherwax suggests here that ‘m’ is three) your wish would be to have never met the genie in the first place. At this point, if you’re lucky, the genie will use a value of n that’s a multiple of m. If you’re unlucky, the genie will use a value of n that’s km-1 for some integer k...
Alternatively, you’ll end up with a genie who can’t handle the math and does not understand what you’re asking for.