Main horizontal-period conjecture for Lengyel transfer games

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Let L(b;x1,y1;x2,y2)L(b;x_1,y_1;x_2,y_2) be the vector subtraction game with move set

{(0,b),(x1,y1),(x2,y2)},\{(0,-b),(-x_1,y_1),(-x_2,y_2)\},

where b,x1,x2N+b,x_1,x_2\in\mathbb{N}^+ and y1,y2Ny_1,y_2\in\mathbb{N}. Let g(b,x1,0,x2,y2)g(b,x_1,0,x_2,y_2) denote the horizontal period of L(b;x1,0;x2,y2)L(b;x_1,0;x_2,y_2). Assume 0<y2<2b0<y_2<2b, gcd{x1,x2}=1\gcd\{x_1,x_2\}=1, and gcd{b,y2}=1\gcd\{b,y_2\}=1, and assume that none of Corollary or Propositions (i), (iii),,, or applies.

Main horizontal-period conjecture. Under these assumptions,

g(b,x1,0,x2,y2)=2b(x1+x2)gcd{2b,y2}.g(b,x_1,0,x_2,y_2)=\frac{2b(x_1+x_2)}{\gcd\{2b,y_2\}}.

The claim is based on computer-aided calculations for parameters at most 2020. The paper identifies exceptional sporadic cases and states that determining when they do not occur is its main obstacle to proving this conjecture.

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Primary source

Alon Danai, Paul Ellis and Thotsaporn Aek Thanatipanonda, “Two Dimensional Subtraction – Transfer Games”, arXiv:2602.14325 (2026).

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