The first friendly-versus-antagonistic discrepancy outside the consecutive-ratio family

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Let S={s2,s1}S=\{s_2,s_1\} with s2<s1<2s2s_2<s_1<2s_2, and suppose

s1s2k+1k\frac{s_1}{s_2}\neq\frac{k+1}{k}

for every kNk\in\mathbb{N}. Let FvF and AvA denote the symmetric friendly and antagonistic self-interest games. First-discrepancy conjecture. There exists a heap with a friendly/antagonistic discrepancy, and the first such heap is

x=(i+2)s2+iks1,x=(i+2)s_2+iks_1,

where iNi\in\mathbb{N} satisfies

i+1i>s1s2>i+2k+i.\frac{i+1}{i}>\frac{s_1}{s_2}>\frac{i+2}{k+i}.

This conjecture complements the claimed no-discrepancy family above and is supported by the paper's analysis; it remains unresolved in the supplied text.

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Anjali Bhagat, Tanmay Kulkarni, Urban Larsson and Divya Murali, “Tie-breaking in self interest cumulative subtraction games”, arXiv:2510.24280 (2026).

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