Continuity conjecture for the mean-median map limit function

For an initial set of size three, use affine invariance to reduce to the initial set [0,x,1][0,x,1] with x[12,23]x\in\left[\frac{1}{2},\frac{2}{3}\right]. Let m(x)Rm(x)\in\mathbb{R} be the limit of the associated median sequence. Continuity conjecture for the mean-median map limit function. The function mm is continuous. The conjecture asks whether the limiting median varies continuously with the initial condition; the source states that it remains open, while this paper proves discontinuity for the limit function of a slightly modified recursion.

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Primary source

Jonathan Hoseana, “The Akiyama Mean-Median Map Has Unbounded Transit Time and Discontinuous Limit”, arXiv:2106.06953 (2021).

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3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2014–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1806.10184, arXiv:1408.3454.

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