Monotonicity conjecture for the even-indexed stopping probabilities

Let pnp_n denote the sequence of stopping probabilities for the random walk considered in the paper. Even-index monotonicity conjecture.

p2np2n+2for all ngeq2.p_{2n}\leq p_{2n+2}\quad\text{for all }ngeq 2.

The paper proves the corresponding inequality in the range treated by its preceding argument and observes the pattern in Table 1; the stated assertion extends this monotonicity to every n2n\geq 2.

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José A. Islas, “Oscillation criteria for stopping near the top of a random walk”, arXiv:1711.08857 (2017).

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