Leetcode.com 2021-08-05
🟡 877.stone-game

🏷️ Tags
#array #math #dynamic_programming #game_theory

Description
Alex and Lee play a game with piles of stones. There are an even number of piles arranged in a row, and each pile has a positive integer number of stones piles[i].

The objective of the game is to end with the most stones. The total number of stones is odd, so there are no ties.

Alex and Lee take turns, with Alex starting first. Each turn, a player takes the entire pile of stones from either the beginning or the end of the row. This continues until there are no more piles left, at which point the person with the most stones wins.

Assuming Alex and Lee play optimally, return True if and only if Alex wins the game.

Example

Input: piles = [5,3,4,5]
Output: true
Explanation: 
Alex starts first, and can only take the first 5 or the last 5.
Say he takes the first 5, so that the row becomes [3, 4, 5].
If Lee takes 3, then the board is [4, 5], and Alex takes 5 to win with 10 points.
If Lee takes the last 5, then the board is [3, 4], and Alex takes 4 to win with 9 points.
This demonstrated that taking the first 5 was a winning move for Alex, so we return true.

Leetcode-cn.com 2021-09-18
🟢 292.nim-game

🏷️ Tags
#brainteaser #math #game_theory

Description
你和你的朋友，两个人一起玩 Nim 游戏：


桌子上有一堆石头。
你们轮流进行自己的回合，你作为先手。
每一回合，轮到的人拿掉 1 - 3 块石头。
拿掉最后一块石头的人就是获胜者。


假设你们每一步都是最优解。请编写一个函数，来判断你是否可以在给定石头数量为 n 的情况下赢得游戏。如果可以赢，返回 true；否则，返回 false 。

 

Example

输入：n = 4
输出：false 
解释：如果堆中有 4 块石头，那么你永远不会赢得比赛；
     因为无论你拿走 1 块、2 块 还是 3 块石头，最后一块石头总是会被你的朋友拿走。