No-divot conjecture for limiting missing-difference probabilities

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Let ℓ(k)\ell(k) be the limiting probability of exactly kk missing differences:

ℓ(k)=lim⁡n→∞PnM(k).\ell(k)=\lim_{n\to\infty}P_n^{\mathrm{M}}(k).

No-divot conjecture. The limiting probabilities satisfy

ℓ(4)>ℓ(2)>ℓ(6)>ℓ(0)>ℓ(8)>ℓ(10)>ℓ(12)>⋯ .\ell(4)>\ell(2)>\ell(6)>\ell(0)>\ell(8)>\ell(10)>\ell(12)>\cdots.

In other words, the sequence ℓ\ell has no divots.

Earlier results in the paper compare only finitely many of these limiting probabilities. The conjecture extends the observed decay pattern beyond ℓ(12)\ell(12) and asserts that no further divots occur.

References

Primary source

Scott Harvey-Arnold, Steven J. Miller and Fei Peng, “Distribution of missing differences in diffsets”, arXiv:2001.08931 (2020).

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