The game of End-Nim
by
Michael Albert
Department of Computer Science, University of Otago
Coauthors: Richard Nowakowski (Dalhousie University)

In the game of End-Nim two players take turns in removing one or more boxes from a string of non-empty stacks. At each move boxes may only be taken from the two stacks which form the ends of the string (unless only one stack remains!) We consider both impartial and partizan versions of the game and explain the significance of the mystic chant: Odd up is up and down is down, even up is down and down is up.

Date received: September 21, 2000

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