ve that the first player has a winning strategy for the game of Chomp, introduced inExample 12inSection 1,8 ifthe initial board is two squares wide, that is, a 2 x n board. [Hint:Use strong induction.. The first move of the first player should be to chomp the cookie in the bottom row at the far right.]
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