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Players

1,2,\ldots n

are seated around a table, and each has a single penny. Player

1

passes a penny to Player

2

, who then passes two pennies to Player

3

, who then passes one penny to player

4

, who then passes two pennies to Player

5

and so on, players alternately pass one or two pennies to the next player who still has some pennies. The player who runs out of pennies drops out of the game and leaves the table. Find an infinite set of numbers

n

for which some player ends up with all the

n

pennies.

Problem Statement