Upper-bound conjecture for normal form limit values

For every odd integer t9t\geqslant 9, let NtN_t be the index

Nt=t+4Lt+3,N_t=t+4L_t+3,

where

Lt=max{N0:t>u}=t2+5t24t1241,L_t=\max\left\{\ell\in\mathbb{N}_0:t>u_\ell\right\}=\left\lceil\frac{-t-2+\sqrt{5t^2-4t-12}}{4}\right\rceil-1,

and let mtm_t be the limit of the normal form orbit and yNty_{N_t} its term at index NtN_t. The upper-bound conjecture.

mt<yNt.m_t<y_{N_t}.

The paper has proved lower bounds for mtm_t and the transit time and reports that available evidence suggests an upper bound by the largest term in the regular phase. The stated inequality remains conjectural here.

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Primary source

Jonathan Hoseana and Franco Vivaldi, “Geometrical Properties of the Mean-Median Map”, arXiv:1806.10184 (2019).

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