The duality and stabilization conjecture for valid tiles

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A valid tile for nn has the form (cout,cin,(a1,,an),ε)(c_{\mathrm{out}},c_{\mathrm{in}},(a_1,\ldots,a_n),\varepsilon), with the carry data and coefficient as in the tile model.

Duality and stabilization conjecture. (a) If a tile is valid for nn, then appending a zero to its vector produces a valid tile for n+1n+1. (b) If cinZc_{\mathrm{in}}\in\mathbb{Z}, then validity is preserved by

(cout,cin,(a1,,an),ε)(n2cout,n2cin,(p1an,,p1a1),ε).(c_{\mathrm{out}},c_{\mathrm{in}},(a_1,\ldots,a_n),\varepsilon)\mapsto(n-2-c_{\mathrm{out}},n-2-c_{\mathrm{in}},(p-1-a_n,\ldots,p-1-a_1),\varepsilon).

For an END tile, validity is preserved by

(cout,END,(a1,,an),ε)(n2cout,END,(p2an,,p2a1),ε).(c_{\mathrm{out}},\mathrm{END},(a_1,\ldots,a_n),\varepsilon)\mapsto(n-2-c_{\mathrm{out}},\mathrm{END},(p-2-a_n,\ldots,p-2-a_1),\varepsilon).

These patterns are inferred from observed tile tables and are not proved in the source.

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Primary source

Evan M. O'Dorney, “Even-carry polynomials and cohomology of line bundles on the incidence correspondence in positive characteristic”, arXiv:2404.04166 (2026).

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