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							|  |  |  | title: 'Problem 310: Nim Square' | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --description--
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										 |  |  | Alice and Bob play the game Nim Square. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Nim Square is just like ordinary three-heap normal play Nim, but the players may only remove a square number of stones from a heap. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | The number of stones in the three heaps is represented by the ordered triple ($a$, $b$, $c$). | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | If $0 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ c ≤ 29$ then the number of losing positions for the next player is 1160. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Find the number of losing positions for the next player if $0 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ c ≤ 100\\,000$. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --hints--
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										 |  |  | `nimSquare()` should return `2586528661783`. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ```js | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | assert.strictEqual(nimSquare(), 2586528661783); | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ``` | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --seed--
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										 |  |  | ## --seed-contents--
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							|  |  |  | ```js | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | function nimSquare() { | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |   return true; | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | nimSquare(); | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ``` | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --solutions--
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							|  |  |  | // solution required | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ``` |