Conjecture on Zeckendorf sum-of-digits maximum order complexity along polynomial subsequences

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Let sZ(n)s_Z(n) denote the sum of digits of nn in Zeckendorf base, let SZ=(sZ(n)mod2)n\mathcal{S}_Z=(s_Z(n)\bmod 2)_n, and let SZ,P\mathcal{S}_{Z,P} be the sequence obtained by restricting SZ\mathcal{S}_Z to a polynomial subsequence P(n)P(n), where PP has degree d2d\geq2. Write M(SZ,P,N)M(\mathcal{S}_{Z,P},N) for its maximum order complexity up to length NN. Zeckendorf polynomial-subsequence conjecture. There are constants c,C>0c,C>0 such that, for all sufficiently large NN,

cN1/(2d)M(SZ,P,N)CN1/(2d).cN^{1/(2d)}\leq M(\mathcal{S}_{Z,P},N)\leq CN^{1/(2d)}.

Equivalently, M(SZ,P,N)N1/(2d)M(\mathcal{S}_{Z,P},N)\asymp N^{1/(2d)}. The paper proves the corresponding lower bound, so the conjecture asserts its sharpness; computational evidence is given for squares.

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Damien Jamet, Pierre Popoli and Thomas Stoll, “Maximum order complexity of the sum of digits function in Zeckendorf base and polynomial subsequences”, arXiv:2106.09959 (2021).

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