i think u r wrong.... what if heap size -1 is 0 i think one should pick atleast one coin else game will draw
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM, immanuel kingston < kingston.imman...@gmail.com> wrote: > First Player can always win. > > For each heap > Pick heap-size - 1 coins if this is not the n-1th heap > Pick all coins from the heap if this the n-1th heap. > > Please correct me if i am wrong. > > Thanks, > Immanuel > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Piyush Sinha <ecstasy.piy...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *There are n heaps of coin(numbered from 0 to n-1) with atleast 1 coin in >> each heap. There are 2 players. First player can pick any no. of coins from >> the least numbered heap, then the second player can pick any no. of coins >> from the least numbered heap. Unless it is emptied, the player cant move on >> to the next heap. The player who picks the last coin wins. Design an >> algorithm for predicting the winner.* >> >> >> -- >> *Piyush Sinha* >> *IIIT, Allahabad* >> *+91-8792136657* >> *+91-7483122727* >> *https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000655377926 * >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Sunny Aggrawal B-Tech IV year,CSI Indian Institute Of Technology,Roorkee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
