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Problem 692


Problem 692


Siegbert and Jo

Siegbert and Jo take turns playing a game with a heap of $N$ pebbles:

  1. Siegbert is the first to take some pebbles. He can take as many pebbles as he wants. (Between $1$ and $N$ inclusive.)
  2. In each of the following turns the current player must take at least one pebble and at most twice the amount of pebbles taken by the previous player.
  3. The player who takes the last pebble wins.

Although Siegbert can always win by taking all the pebbles on his first turn, to make the game more interesting he chooses to take the smallest number of pebbles that guarantees he will still win (assuming both Siegbert and Jo play optimally for the rest of the game).

Let $H(N)$ be that minimal amount for a heap of $N$ pebbles.
$H(1)=1$, $H(4)=1$, $H(17)=1$, $H(8)=8$ and $H(18)=5$ .

Let $G(n)$ be $\displaystyle{\sum_{k=1}^n H(k)}$.
$G(13)=43$.

Find $G(23416728348467685)$.


西格贝特和乔

西格贝特和乔在玩一个游戏,这个游戏需要一堆共$N$枚石子,两人轮流行动:

  1. 西格贝特先行,他可以从堆中取$1$到$N$之间任意数目的石子。
  2. 接下来的每一轮,当前行动的玩家最少取一枚石子,最多取前一轮行动的玩家所取数目两倍的石子。
  3. 拿走最后一枚石子的玩家获胜。

虽然西格贝特总是能够在第一轮拿走所有的石子从而获胜,为了让这个游戏更有趣,他在第一轮在保证获胜的基础上取走最少数目的石子(假设西格贝特和乔在接下来的行动中总是采取最优行动)。

记$H(N)$为有$N$枚石子时,第一轮所必需取走的最少石子数目。
已知$H(1)=1$,$H(4)=1$,$H(17)=1$,$H(8)=8$,$H(18)=5$。

记$G(n)$为$\displaystyle{\sum_{k=1}^n H(k)}$。
已知$G(13)=43$。

求$G(23416728348467685)$。