NMC 2022 Problem 3
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Anton and Britta play a game with the set where is an odd integer. In each step Anton removes a number from and puts it in his set , and Britta removes a number from and puts it in her set (both and are empty to begin with). When is empty, Anton picks two distinct numbers from and shows them to Britta. Britta then picks two distinct numbers from . Britta wins if
otherwise Anton wins. Find all for which Britta has a winning strategy.
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Britta wins if and only if is prime.
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