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The Devil defeats the power-one Angel

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AngelDevil.power_one_devil_wins

by Yuxuan Xu · Oct 19, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

angel-problemcombinatoricsgame-theory

There exists a single ordinary Devil strategy that defeats every power-one Angel strategy on the infinite board. Defeat means a finite round with an illegal jump or a landing on an already burned square.

The quantifier order is one Devil strategy against all Angel strategies, not a separate opponent chosen after each Angel strategy. The model allows the Angel to stay still and the Devil to burn the occupied square; only subsequent landings lose.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_AngelDevil_Game
Formal statement
theorem AngelDevil.power_one_devil_wins : ∃ D : AngelDevil.DevilStrategy, ∀ A, ¬ AngelDevil.Survives 1 A D := by sorry
Source
Martin Kutz, The Angel Problem, Positional Games, and Digraph Roots (2004), Chapter 1, Section 1.1, pp. 2-3, Figures 1-3. https://people.mpi-inf.mpg.de/alumni/d1/2009/mkutz/diss/kutz_angel.pdf. Berlekamp chess-king capture argument. Formal implementation uses 56 preparatory burns in a radius-100 box, followed by finite exhaustion; no optimal deadline claimed.

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