Wills's version of the Lonely Runner Conjecture

At least 12 years old · documented by

Let k≥2k\ge 2 be an integer, and let m1,…,mkm_1,\ldots,m_k be distinct positive integers. For x∈Rx\in\mathbb{R}, let ∥x∥\|x\| denote the distance from xx to the nearest integer:

∥x∥=min⁡{∣x−n∣:n∈Z}.\|x\|=\min\{|x-n|:n\in\mathbb{Z}\}.

Wills's conjecture. If 1≤m1<m2<…<mk1\le m_1<m_2<\ldots<m_k, then

max⁡α∈Rmin⁡1≤j≤k∥mjα∥≥1k+1.\max_{\alpha\in\mathbb{R}}\min_{1\le j\le k}\|m_j\alpha\|\ge\frac{1}{k+1}.

This is the Diophantine-approximation formulation of the Lonely Runner Conjecture, originating independently with Wills and Cusick. The supplied source does not state whether the conjecture is resolved.

References

Primary source

Jason Gibson, “A density Chinese Remainder Theorem”, arXiv:1302.0917 (2013).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.