The two-limit conjecture for the (1,2)(1,2) and (2,3)(2,3) games

Fix (p,q)=(1,2)(p,q)=(1,2) or (p,q)=(2,3)(p,q)=(2,3), and let (an,bn)(a_n,b_n) be the associated sequences. Two sequences (li)(l_i) and (ui)(u_i) are complementary when they are increasing and together partition the relevant index set, as defined in the paper. The two-limit conjecture. There exist increasing complementary sequences (li)(l_i) and (ui)(u_i) such that both limits

η=limibliali,γ=limibuiaui\eta=\lim_{i\rightarrow\infty}\frac{b_{l_i}}{a_{l_i}},\qquad \gamma=\lim_{i\rightarrow\infty}\frac{b_{u_i}}{a_{u_i}}

exist and satisfy

1<η<Φ<γ3.1<\eta<\Phi<\gamma\leq 3.

This predicts two distinct asymptotic ratio regimes, separated by the golden ratio, for these two parameter choices.

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Primary source

Urban Larsson, “A Generalized Diagonal Wythoff Nim”, arXiv:1005.1555 (2010).

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