The forbidden ordering conjecture for omega-values in 3-generated numerical monoids

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Let Γ=⟨n1,n2,n3⟩\Gamma = \langle n_1,n_2,n_3\rangle be a numerical monoid minimally generated by n1<n2<n3n_1<n_2<n_3, and let ω(ni)\omega(n_i) denote the omega-value of nin_i. The forbidden ordering conjecture. The following orderings are impossible:

ω(n1)>ω(n2)>ω(n3),ω(n1)=ω(n2)>ω(n3),ω(n3)<ω(n1)<ω(n2).\omega(n_1)>\omega(n_2)>\omega(n_3),\qquad \omega(n_1)=\omega(n_2)>\omega(n_3),\qquad \omega(n_3)<\omega(n_1)<\omega(n_2).

Computations indicate that almost every ordering of the three omega-values occurs for some minimally 3-generated numerical monoid, while these three orderings do not. The claim concerns the remaining obstruction to describing which orderings are possible.

References

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Christopher O'Neill and Roberto Pelayo, “How Do You Measure Primality?”, arXiv:1405.1714 (2014).

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