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486. Predict the Winner

LeetCodeArrayMathDynamic ProgrammingRecursionGame TheoryOpen on judge ↗

You are given an integer array nums. Two players are playing a game with this array: player 1 and player 2. Player 1 and player 2 take turns, with player 1 starting first. Both players start the game with a score of 0. At each turn, the player takes one of the numbers from either end of the array (i.e., nums[0] or nums[nums.length - 1]) which reduces the size of the array by 1. The player adds th

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