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,x2∈N+b,x_1,x_2\in\mathbb{N}^+ and y1,y2∈Ny_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.

References

Primary source

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

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