Eventual period-two conjecture for impartial scoring subtraction games
Let be a finite subtraction set, and let denote the scoring value of the subtraction game at heap size . Write
Eventual period-two conjecture. There exists an integer such that
for all .
This conjecture asserts eventual periodicity with period for every finite subtraction set. The surrounding discussion notes that subtraction-game functions are eventually periodic, but asks whether this specific period always occurs; the example with subtraction set motivates the need for such an eventual statement.
References
Primary source
Fraser Stewart, “Impartial Scoring Play Games”, arXiv:1202.4655 (2012).
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