read BYRNES: lu:=Larson(): print(`Consider three-rowed Chomp positions (a,b,c) where there are a cookies in the first row, b cookies in the second row`): print(`and c cookies in the third row. Of course a>=b>=c .`): print(`The minimum of the quantity a+b+c-2a taken over all P positions with c from 1 to 400 is`): print(lu): print(`Craig Larson, from Virginia Commonwealth University (with his Chomp group and the program CONJECTURING) conjectures that`): print(`the minimum is >= -1. This confirms it for three-rowed positions with c<=400. Furthermore, as c gets bigger the minimum gets larger`): print(`so perhaps there is a stronger conjecture. `): quit: