The power-of-two conjecture for the Sprague–Grundy function of Tetris Nim

Let x=(x0,x1,x2)x=(x_0,x_1,x_2) be a position with x0Zx_0\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq} and x2x1=2kx_2\geq x_1=2^k for some kZk\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq}. Write (x)=x0+(x1x2)\ell(x)=x_0+(x_1\mathbin{\oplus}x_2) for the lower bound and u(x)=x0+x1+x2u(x)=x_0+x_1+x_2 for the upper bound. The power-of-two conjecture. If x2=(2j+1)2k+mx_2=(2j+1)2^k+m with jZj\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq} and 0m<2kx00\leq m<2^k-x_0, then G(x)=(x)\mathcal{G}(x)=\ell(x); otherwise G(x)=u(x)\mathcal{G}(x)=u(x). Computations indicate that when the second coordinate is a power of 22, the Sprague–Grundy function always equals one of these two bounds according to this rule.

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Endre Boros, Vladimir Gurvich, Nhan Bao Ho and Kazuhisa Makino, “On the Sprague-Grundy Function of Tetris Extensions of Proper Nim”, arXiv:1504.06926 (2018).

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