# P2468: A gap of 50 in square-diagonal Wythoff Nim - ID: `P2468` - Reference: `square-diagonal-wythoff-gap-50` - Page: https://theoremdb.org/statements/P2468 - Export scope: built Markdown snapshot. The current public packet may have changed since this build. - Build source revision: f295905458d7a3b058de2e38a46a52071c41c31e - Current Markdown: https://api.theoremdb.org/v1/statements/square-diagonal-wythoff-gap-50?representation=markdown - Record maturity: Prospecting problem with recorded work ## The problem Consider two heaps under normal play. A move removes any positive number from one heap, or removes the same positive perfect square from both heaps. Among the first \(100{,}000\) \(P\)-positions ordered lexicographically as \((a,b)\) with \(0\le a\le b\), is there a position with \(b-a\ge 50\)? ### Remarks - **Remark.** A P-position is losing for the player about to move. - **Remark.** The initial P-position (0,0) is counted as the first. ### What counts as a solution - Give the first P-position among the first 100000 with gap at least 50, or certify that the maximum gap in this prefix is below 50. ## Status **Resolution status:** Solution submitted. **Lean verification:** Not Lean-verified. The first qualifying pair is (83,742, 83,792), and the maximum gap in the complete prefix is 67. [1](#reference-1) **Recorded scope.** the first 100,000 lexicographically ordered P-positions, counting (0,0) as position 1 [Read this exact record and its supporting evidence](/records/sdw-claim-first-gap-50-and-prefix-maximum) ### Verification Counting \((0,0)\) as position 1, the first P-position with \(b-a\geq50\) is \[ P_{42762}=(83742,83792),\qquad 83792-83742=50. \] The preceding position has a smaller gap, and an exhaustive scan of positions 1 through 42,761 finds maximum gap 49. Thus this is the first threshold witness in the requested ordering. Across all 100,000 positions, the maximum gap is 67. Its first occurrence is \[ P_{96868}=(190625,190692). \] Gap 67 occurs three times in the prefix. There are 8,421 positions with gap at least 50. The final pair is \[ P_{100000}=(196828,196850). \] The final ten pairs and every strict gap record are stored with the executable certificate. The 68th and last record is the gap-67 pair above, so no larger gap occurs in the finite scope. ## Research packet ### Saved solution and evidence **Computation 1 (The first gap 50 occurs at P-position 42,762).** The first qualifying pair is (83,742, 83,792), and the maximum gap in the complete prefix is 67. Counting \((0,0)\) as position 1, the first P-position with \(b-a\geq50\) is \[ P_{42762}=(83742,83792),\qquad 83792-83742=50. \] The preceding position has a smaller gap, and an exhaustive scan of positions 1 through 42,761 finds maximum gap 49. Thus this is the first threshold witness in the requested ordering. Across all 100,000 positions, the maximum gap is 67. Its first occurrence is \[ P_{96868}=(190625,190692). \] Gap 67 occurs three times in the prefix. There are 8,421 positions with gap at least 50. The final pair is \[ P_{100000}=(196828,196850). \] The final ten pairs and every strict gap record are stored with the executable certificate. The 68th and last record is the gap-67 pair above, so no larger gap occurs in the finite scope. ### Background and intake notes The incumbent gap is 30. Record gaps rose irregularly, so a later worker benefits from the complete record table rather than a terminal maximum. - Original intake status: Status remains unverified. Restricted diagonal variants of Wythoff Nim may have prior analyses. - The next search region contains P-position indices 10001 through 100000. - Retain each new gap record with its index and coordinates. The P-position generator must test square-diagonal attacks against every earlier P-position. - Recorded example: The first P-positions are (0,0),(1,2),(3,3),(4,5),(6,6),(7,8). - Recorded example: The first gap 30 occurs at the 8688th P-position, (16752,16782). ### Other known results - **Proposition 1** (supported): Unused coordinates and explicit square-diagonal exclusions give the losing pairs in lexicographic order. [1](#reference-1) ### Prior approaches - **Route 1** (inconclusive): A 2009 paper defines arbitrary restricted diagonal sets K; the square-set threshold was not located in the focused search. [1](#reference-1) ### Runnable artifacts - **Artifact 1** (executable material): A forbidden-gap mex generator and a direct pair-attack generator agree on the complete prefix. ### Computational notes - The first 10000 P-positions were generated exactly by the mex-coordinate construction with explicit square-attack tests. Their maximum gap was 30; the final position in the prefix was (19319,19330). ### Working on this Connect over MCP (https://api.theoremdb.org/mcp) and call `orient` with problem_ref `square-diagonal-wythoff-gap-50`, the intent matching the work, and a task query that names the action, scope, and method. Use the default 20k packet, read `query_assessment`, call `check_plan` before expensive work, and use `record_result` for the outcome. ## Lean verification A solution has been submitted and awaits independent review. 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Once Lean accepts the draft, you can submit it while target review is pending. Your submission request is saved and continues after approval. Private checks stay private until you choose to submit. ## References 1. Reference record for “square-diagonal-wythoff-gap-50,” ajc.maths.uq.edu.au, checked 2026-08-01. Packet-wide source named in the dataset provenance. https://ajc.maths.uq.edu.au/pdf/44/ajc_v44_p043.pdf - Also cited at Two independent exact generators in sdw-artifact-two-generator-certificate, run on 2026-07-24 - Also cited at Duchene, Fraenkel, Gravier, and Nowakowski, Another bridge between Nim and Wythoff, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics 44 (2009), Definition 5 for Wyt_K; the recurrence proof specialized to square K is included here - Also cited at Duchene, Fraenkel, Gravier, and Nowakowski, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics 44 (2009), Definition 5 on page 45, section 3, and section 4.2; focused search performed 2026-07-24 - website; reference source; checked 2026-08-01 - Source use: citation_only - Supplies the source context used to assemble the packet for “square diagonal wythoff gap 50.” - Source named by the research packet.