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Chapter 8

What never changes

When a process scrambles numbers, look for the quantity it can't touch.

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What the move can't touch

A move: drag one chip onto another (or tap both). They merge into their sum. Watch the meter.

a, b  ⟶  a+ba,\ b \;\longrightarrow\; a + b
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  • sum\text{sum}25never changed
  • chips\text{chips}5never changed
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