Asymptotic expected-length conjecture for grand zigzag knight's paths

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Let a grand zigzag knight's path be a path whose number of steps has an expected value determined by the corresponding family of paths ending on the xx-axis at size nn. Asymptotic expected-length conjecture. An asymptotic approximation for the expected number of steps of a grand zigzag knight's path ending on the xx-axis of size nn is

1+525⋅n.\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2\sqrt{5}}\cdot n.

The even-size case is established in the preceding theorem, while the source presents the odd-size analogue as suggested by Mathematica calculations and does not provide a proof.

References

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Jean-Luc Baril, Nathanaël Hassler, Sergey Kirgizov and José L. Ramírez, “Grand zigzag knight's paths”, arXiv:2402.04851 (2024).

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