Other-bases conjecture for non-half residue stopping sets

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Fix an even modulus n2n\geq2, a subset S{0,,n1}S\subset\{0,\dots,n-1\} of residue classes, and the associated discrete stick-fragmentation process with stopping set determined by SS. Let XX denote a final stick length and let BB be a base. Other Bases conjecture. The final collection of stick lengths does not converge to strong Benford behavior for any base BB if Sn/2|S|\neq n/2. Specifically, if S>n/2|S|>n/2, the limiting distribution depends on the mantissa of LL in base BB, and the density of

logB(X/L)(mod1)\log_B(X/L)\pmod 1

is skewed towards 11. The conjecture is supported by the theorem establishing non-uniformity for sufficiently large bases, while the all-bases assertion and a precise description of the limiting distribution remain open.

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Xinyu Fang, Steven J. Miller, Maxwell Sun and Amanda Verga, “Generalized Continuous and Discrete Stick Fragmentation and Benford's Law”, arXiv:2309.00766 (2023).

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