The central-interior conjecture for differences of central Cantor sets

Let a=(an)nN(0,1)Na=(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}\in(0,1)^{\mathbb N}, and let C(a)C(a) denote the central Cantor set determined by the sequence aa. Write int\operatorname{int} for interior in R\mathbb R. Central-interior conjecture. If

int(C(a)C(a)),\operatorname{int}(C(a)-C(a))\neq\emptyset,

then

0int(C(a)C(a)).0\in\operatorname{int}(C(a)-C(a)).

This would provide a new condition for proving that differences of central Cantor sets are Cantor sets and would help resolve the open question concerning the topological structure of E(3,3,2,2;q)E(3,3,2,2;q) for q(19,17)q\in(\frac{1}{9},\frac{1}{7}).

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Piotr Nowakowski, “Conditions for the difference set of a central Cantor set to be a Cantorval. Part II”, arXiv:2307.08102 (2023).

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