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Marienbad


Marienbad

The game of nim appearing in Alain Resnais' film Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad, 1961). In Marienbad, two players alternately draw counters from one of four nim-heaps formed by 1, 3, 5 and 7 counters. The player making the last move is the loser. Since the nim-value of this game is zero, the second player can always win, which makes Marienbad a distinctly unfair game.


See also

Fair Game, Nim, Nim-Heap, Nim-Value, Unfair Game

This entry contributed by Margherita Barile

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Eveilleau, T. "Le jeu de Marienbad." http://perso.wanadoo.fr/therese.eveilleau/pages/jeux_mat/indexF.htm.

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Barile, Margherita. "Marienbad." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Marienbad.html

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