On the cookie game

DOI10.1007/BF01271128MaRDI QIDQ1189664zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors James Propp, Daniel H. Ullman

Publication date 27 September 1992

Published in International Journal of Game Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01271128

zbMATH Keywords

nim-like gamestake away games

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

2-person games (91A05) Combinatorial games (91A46)

Review text

On alternate days, one of two players eats a cookie from a cookie jar. Each cookie has a spoilage date after which it can not be eaten. The object of the game is to eat the last edible cookie. In this paper, we produce the strategy for winning this game when the cookies have distinct spoilage dates.

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