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A007780 Losing initial configurations in 2-hole Tchuka Ruma. 0
1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 20, 27, 30, 54, 81, 162, 168, 243, 486, 729, 1458, 2187, 4374, 6561, 13122, 19683, 39366, 59049 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

The 2-hole Tchuka Ruma game cannot be won for the initial seeds 3^i (i>=1) or 2*3^i (i>=0). Though a sufficient condition, this is not necessary, as can be seen from the terms a(6)=11, a(8)=20, a(10)=30 and a(14)=168 - Pab Ter (pabrlos2(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 08 2005

REFERENCES

Campbell, Paul J. and Darrah P. Chavey, Tchuka Ruma Solitaire, J. Undergrad. Math. Applic., 16 (4) (1995) 343-365.

LINKS

Campbell, Paul J. and Darrah P. Chavey, Tchuka Ruma Solitaire, The UMAP Journal 16(4) (1995), 343-365.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A067886 A176189 A057127 * A018537 A018331 A032704

Adjacent sequences:  A007777 A007778 A007779 * A007781 A007782 A007783

KEYWORD

nonn,more

AUTHOR

chavey(AT)beloit.edu (Darrah Chavey)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Pab Ter (pabrlos2(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 08 2005

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