Periodicity and Thue–Morse structure of the sequences associated with BaB_a and CaC_a

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Let BaB_a and CaC_a be the sets of nonnegative integers satisfying, respectively, t(x+a)=1t(x)t(x+a)=1-t(x) and t(x+a)=t(x)t(x+a)=t(x), where t(x)t(x) is the Thue–Morse sequence. Let {Ba(n)}\{B_a(n)\} and {Ca(n)}\{C_a(n)\} list these sets in increasing order, and let {βa(n)}\{\beta_a(n)\} and {γa(n)}\{\gamma_a(n)\} be the binary sequences obtained by recording whether the listed integers are odious or evil. An integer is evil if its binary expansion contains an even number of 11's and odious if it contains an odd number of 11's.

Periodicity conjecture. The sequence {γa(n)}\{\gamma_a(n)\} is periodic. If 2ma2^m\mathrel{\|}a, then its minimal period has 2m+12^{m+1} terms. If aa is evil, this period consists of the first 2m+12^{m+1} terms of the Thue–Morse sequence {tn}\{t_n\}; otherwise, it consists of the first 2m+12^{m+1} terms of {1tn}\{1-t_n\}. Moreover, βa(n)+γa(n)=1\beta_a(n)+\gamma_a(n)=1.

The claim describes a precise periodic structure for the solutions of the two complementary Thue–Morse equations and gives an explicit relation between their parity-coded enumerations. The supplied text does not indicate whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Vladimir Shevelev, “Equations of the form t(x+a)=t(x) and t(x+a)=1-t(x) for Thue-Morse sequence”, arXiv:0907.0880 (2012).

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