poj2484 A Funny Game
Description
Alice and Bob decide to play a funny game. At the beginning of the game they pick n(1 <= n <= 106) coins in a circle, as Figure 1 shows. A move consists in removing one or two adjacent coins, leaving all other coins untouched. At least one coin must be removed. Players alternate moves with Alice starting. The player that removes the last coin wins. (The last player to move wins. If you can't move, you lose.)
Figure 1
Note: For n > 3, we use c1, c2, ..., cn to denote the coins clockwise and if Alice remove c2, then c1 and c3 are NOT adjacent! (Because there is an empty place between c1 and c3.)
Suppose that both Alice and Bob do their best in the game.
You are to write a program to determine who will finally win the game.
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Figure 1
Note: For n > 3, we use c1, c2, ..., cn to denote the coins clockwise and if Alice remove c2, then c1 and c3 are NOT adjacent! (Because there is an empty place between c1 and c3.)
Suppose that both Alice and Bob do their best in the game.
You are to write a program to determine who will finally win the game.
Input
There are several test cases. Each test case has only one line, which contains a positive integer n (1 <= n <= 106). There are no blank lines between cases. A line with a single 0 terminates the input.
Output
For each test case, if Alice win the game,output "Alice", otherwise output "Bob".
Sample Input
1
2
3
0
Sample Output
Alice
Alice
Bob
Source
POJ Contest,Author:Mathematica@ZSU
初学博弈论,这题看了题解的,用一个字形容就是骚。
n<=2时,显然Alice赢。
然后考虑n比较大的情形,Alice先取,Bob只要在圆上对称地取就一定能把圆分成两个完全相同的链,然后Alice选了哪1个或2个,Bob就在另一个链对应位置用相同的方法选,这样Bob必胜。
程序估计是除了a+b problem之外最短的了。
1 program rrr(input,output); 2 var 3 n:longint; 4 begin 5 assign(input,'r.in');assign(output,'r.out');reset(input);rewrite(output); 6 readln(n); 7 while n<>0 do 8 begin 9 if n<=2 then writeln('Alice') else writeln('Bob'); 10 readln(n); 11 end; 12 close(input);close(output); 13 end.