OPM 2024 Problem 6
- Final day 2
Alexandre and Bernado are playing the following game. At the beginning, there are balls in a bag. At first turn, Alexandre can take one ball from the bag; at second turn, Bernado can take one or two balls from the bag, and so on. So they take turns and in turn, they can take a number of balls from to . Wins the one who makes the bag empty.
For each value of , find who has the winning strategy.
Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.
Official text: Portuguese Mathematical Olympiad 2024 official paper, page 1.
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