Monotonicity conjecture for the convergence-rate quotients of the canonical iterates

The sequence (κn)nN0(\kappa_n)_{n\in\mathbb N_0} provides approximations to the stribolic constant κ\kappa. Define the convergence-rate quotients by

ϑn:=κnκn+1κn1κn,nN.\vartheta_n:=\frac{\kappa_n-\kappa_{n+1}}{\kappa_{n-1}-\kappa_n},\qquad n\in\mathbb N.

Monotonicity conjecture. For all mNm\in\mathbb N, one has

ϑ2m<ϑ2m+2<ϑ2m+3<ϑ2m+1.\vartheta_{2m}<\vartheta_{2m+2}<\vartheta_{2m+3}<\vartheta_{2m+1}.

The inequalities are suggested by the computed values for 2n222\leq n\leq22 and would provide sharper estimates for κ\kappa through iterated extrapolation.

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Primary source

Roland Miyamoto, “Polynomial parametrisation of the canonical iterates to the solution of -γg'= g^-1”, arXiv:2402.06618 (2024).

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