The anti-power doubling conjecture for shifted Thue–Morse words

Let bb be the Thue–Morse word, and let APj(t,k)AP_j(\mathbf{t},k) denote the set of lengths of anti-power jj-fixes of order kk in bb. For fixed j,kZ0j,k\in\mathbb{Z}^{\geq 0} with k3k\geq 3, consider the membership of a positive integer mm and its double 2m2m. Anti-power doubling conjecture. For any fixed j,kZ0j,k\in\mathbb{Z}^{\geq 0} with k3k\geq 3, the equivalence

mAPj(t,k)    2mAPj(t,k)m\in AP_j(\mathbf{t},k)\iff 2m\in AP_j(\mathbf{t},k)

holds for all but finitely many mZ+m\in\mathbb{Z}^+. This would justify focusing on odd lengths when defining Γj(k)\Gamma_j(k), although the assertion remains unproved.

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Marisa Gaetz, “Anti-power j-fixes of the Thue-Morse word”, arXiv:1808.01528 (2021).

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