The interval representation conjecture for fusible numbers

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Given a fusible number x∈Fx\in\mathcal F, let y=s(x)y=s(x) be its successor, set m=y−xm=y-x, and define

ℓn=y+1−21−nm\ell_n=y+1-2^{1-n}m

for n∈Nn\in\mathbb N, with

Ix,n=[ℓn,ℓn+1).I_{x,n}=[\ell_n,\ell_{n+1}).

Also, write

s(n)(x)=x+(2−21−n)m.s^{(n)}(x)=x+(2-2^{1-n})m.

Interval representation conjecture. Every fusible number in Ix,nI_{x,n}, for n≥1n\geq 1, can be written as

s(n)(x)∼zs^{(n)}(x)\sim z

for some

z∈F∩[x+1−21−nm,x+1).z\in\mathcal F\cap [x+1-2^{1-n}m,x+1).

This conjecture proposes a uniform description of the fusible numbers in each interval between successive iterates of the successor operation. Its status is not established by the supplied source context.

References

Primary source

Jeff Erickson, Gabriel Nivasch and Junyan Xu, “Fusible numbers and Peano Arithmetic”, arXiv:2003.14342 (2022).

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