OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
"Coins in a Row" is a game in which players alternate picking up coins of varying denominations from the end of the row in an attempt to collect as many points as possible.
REFERENCES
Peter Winkler, Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection, A K Peters/CRC Press, 2003, pages 1-2.
LINKS
Peter Kagey, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
EXAMPLE
Let [R,L,L,L] represent a game in which the first player takes the right coin, the second player takes the left coin, the first player takes the left coin, and the second player takes the left (only remaining) coin.
A066099_Row(0) = [0]; a(0) = 0 via [L]
A066099_Row(1) = [1]; a(1) = 1 via [L]
A066099_Row(3) = [1,1]; a(3) = 1 via [R,L]
A066099_Row(22) = [2,1,2]; a(22) = 3 via [L,R,L]
A066099_Row(88) = [2,1,4]; a(88) = 5 via [R,L,L]
A066099_Row(1418) = [2,1,4,2,2]; a(1418) = 5 via [L,R,R,R,L]
PROG
(Haskell)
minimaxDifference [] = 0
minimaxDifference as = max (head as - minimaxDifference (tail as)) (last as - minimaxDifference (init as))
minimaxScore as = (sum as + minimaxDifference as) `div` 2
a276166 = minimaxScore . a066099_row
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Peter Kagey, Aug 25 2016
STATUS
approved