The interval representation conjecture for fusible numbers

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

n=y+121nm\ell_n=y+1-2^{1-n}m

for nNn\in\mathbb N, with

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

Also, write

s(n)(x)=x+(221n)m.s^{(n)}(x)=x+(2-2^{1-n})m.

Interval representation conjecture. Every fusible number in Ix,nI_{x,n}, for n1n\geq 1, can be written as

s(n)(x)zs^{(n)}(x)\sim z

for some

zF[x+121nm,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.

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Primary source

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

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