JBMO-SL 2020 C3
- Combinatorics
- Answer
Alice and Bob play the following game: Alice begins by picking a natural number . Then, with Bob starting first, they alternately choose one number from the set according to the following condition: The number chosen at each step should be distinct from all the already chosen numbers, and should differ by 1 from an already chosen number. (At the very first step Bob can choose any number he wants.) The game ends when all numbers from the set are chosen.
For example, if Alice picks , then a valid game would be for Bob to choose 2, then Alice to choose 3, then Bob to choose 1, and then Alice to choose 4 .
Alice wins if the sum of all of the numbers that she has chosen is composite. Otherwise Bob wins. (In the above example , so Bob wins.)
Decide which player has a winning strategy.
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