Period formula conjecture for subtraction games with FES sets of size 3
Period formula conjecture for subtraction games with FES sets of size 3
Let and be positive integers such that and . Consider the nim sequence for the finite subtraction set and let denote its period.
Period formula conjecture. If there exists a multiple of satisfying
then . If no such exists, then there is some other integer satisfying
such that .
The preceding theorem establishes pure arithmetic periodicity for every subtraction set of size , but the period length is not determined in general. This conjecture proposes a specific form for the period when , after reducing to relatively prime and using the scaling behavior of these games.
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Primary source
Danny Sleator and Marla Slusky, “Subtraction games with FES sets of size 3”, arXiv:1201.3299 (2012).
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