Strong Terminating Conjecture for M&m sequences

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Starting from the normalized initial values 0<x<10<x<1, let (x4,x5,)(x_4,x_5,\ldots) be the associated M&m sequence, and let L(x)L(x) denote the minimum integer kk such that xn=xkx_n=x_k for all n>kn>k. Strong Terminating Conjecture. For every 0<x<10<x<1, there exists an integer kk such that xn=xkx_n=x_k for all n>kn>k; equivalently, L(x)<L(x)<\infty, or the associated sequence of medians eventually becomes constant. This is the normalized formulation of the stability conjecture. The paper's abstract says that the conjecture is proved for a subset of possible starting conditions, while the full statement remains open in the supplied source.

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Francesco Cellarosi and Sara Munday, “On two conjectures for M&m sequences”, arXiv:1408.3454 (2014).

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