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Louise and Richard have developed a numbers game. They pick a number and check to see if it is a power of . If it is, they divide it by . If not, they reduce it by the next lower number which is a power of . Whoever reduces the number to wins the game. Louise always starts.
Given an initial value, determine who wins the game.
As an example, let the initial value . It's Louise's turn so she first determines that is not a power of . The next lower power of is , so she subtracts that from and passes to Richard. is a power of , so Richard divides it by and passes to Louise. Likewise, is a power so she divides it by and reaches . She wins the game.
Update If they initially set counter to , Richard wins. Louise cannot make a move so she loses.
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