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1 | 1 | # Introduction |
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3 | | -One rainy afternoon, you sit at the kitchen table playing cards with your grandmother. |
| 3 | +One rainy afternoon, you sit at the kitchen table playing cards with your grandmother.\ |
4 | 4 | The game is [Beggar-my-neighbour][bmn], or as she calls it, “Camicia.” |
5 | | -At first it feels like just another friendly match: cards slapped down, laughter across the table, the occasional victorious grin from Nonna. |
6 | | -But as the game drags on, something strange happens. The pile keeps growing. You play card after card, yet the end never seems to come. |
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8 | | -You start to wonder: _Will this game ever finish? Or could we keep playing forever?_ |
| 6 | +At first it feels like just another friendly match:\ |
| 7 | +cards slapped down, laughter across the table, the occasional victorious grin from Nonna.\ |
| 8 | +But as the game drags on, something strange happens.\ |
| 9 | +The pile keeps growing.\ |
| 10 | +You play card after card, yet the end never seems to come. |
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10 | | -Later, driven by curiosity, you search online and to your surprise you discover that what happened wasn’t just bad luck. |
11 | | -You and your grandmother may have stumbled upon one of the longest possible sequences! |
12 | | -Suddenly, you’re hooked. What began as a casual game has turned into a quest: _How long can such a game really last? Can you find a sequence even longer than the one you played at the kitchen table? Perhaps even long enough to set a new world record?_ |
| 12 | +You start to wonder:\ |
| 13 | +_Will this game ever finish? Or could we keep playing forever?_ |
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| 15 | +Later, driven by curiosity, you search online and to your surprise you discover that what happened wasn’t just bad luck.\ |
| 16 | +You and your grandmother may have stumbled upon one of the longest possible sequences!\ |
| 17 | +Suddenly, you’re hooked.\ |
| 18 | +What began as a casual game has turned into a quest:\ |
| 19 | +_How long can such a game really last?_\ |
| 20 | +_Can you find a sequence even longer than the one you played at the kitchen table?_\ |
| 21 | +_Perhaps even long enough to set a new world record?_ |
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14 | 23 | And so, armed with nothing but a deck of cards and some algorithmic ingenuity, you decide to investigate… |
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