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A190588
Losing positions in Nim (misere) with up to 9 stones on each heap.
0
1, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, 111, 123, 145, 167, 189, 246, 257, 347, 356, 1122, 1133, 1144, 1155, 1166, 1177, 1188, 1199, 1247, 1256, 1346, 1357, 2222, 2233, 2244, 2255, 2266, 2277, 2288, 2299, 2345, 2367, 2389, 3333, 3344, 3355, 3366, 3377, 3388, 3399, 4444, 4455, 4466, 4477, 4488, 4499, 4567, 4589, 5555, 5566, 5577, 5588, 5599, 6666, 6677, 6688, 6699, 6789, 7777, 7788, 7799, 8888, 8899, 9999, 11111
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
In the game of Nim (misere) the player who takes the last stone loses. This sequence is a subsequence of A009994 (numbers with digits in nondecreasing order).
EXAMPLE
Example: a(2) is 22 because it represents a losing position with two heaps with two stones in each. In the game of Nim (misere) the player who takes the last stone loses. If Player A takes one stone from heap 1, then Player B takes two from heap 2, leaving Player A to pick the last stone and lose the game.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Sergio Pimentel, May 13 2011
STATUS
approved