Shrinking Circular Nim

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Main Authors: Oginuma, Hiromi, Shinoda, Masato
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Published: 2024
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author Oginuma, Hiromi
Shinoda, Masato
author_facet Oginuma, Hiromi
Shinoda, Masato
contents The game of Nim, which has been well known for many years, has numerous variations. One such variation is Circular Nim, where piles of stones are arranged on a circumference, and players take stones from consecutive adjacent piles in one move. In this paper, we propose a new variant called Shrinking Circular Nim, in which the size of the circle decreases as the game progresses. We also examine the winning conditions in this variant. This paper discusses that Shrinking Circular Nim is solved for initial configurations with five or fewer piles. In addition, we derive the winning condition for the specific case with eight piles.
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spellingShingle Shrinking Circular Nim
Oginuma, Hiromi
Shinoda, Masato
Combinatorics
91A46
The game of Nim, which has been well known for many years, has numerous variations. One such variation is Circular Nim, where piles of stones are arranged on a circumference, and players take stones from consecutive adjacent piles in one move. In this paper, we propose a new variant called Shrinking Circular Nim, in which the size of the circle decreases as the game progresses. We also examine the winning conditions in this variant. This paper discusses that Shrinking Circular Nim is solved for initial configurations with five or fewer piles. In addition, we derive the winning condition for the specific case with eight piles.
title Shrinking Circular Nim
topic Combinatorics
91A46
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07497