The modulo-three conjecture for all-heads coin sequences
The modulo-three conjecture for all-heads coin sequences
Let a coin sequence be a finite string of 's and 's, where denotes a heads-up coin, and say that a sequence is removable if all its coins can be removed under the linear arrangement with no gaps. For a positive integer , write for the sequence consisting of heads-up coins.
Modulo-three conjecture. The sequence is removable if and only if
The conjecture is motivated by the initial removable and non-removable examples, and is used to predict removability after reducing a general sequence to an all-heads sequence. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open in this source.
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Primary source
Kennan Shelton and Michael Siler, “Variations of a Coin-Removal Problem”, arXiv:math/0411052 (2004).
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