Optimality conjecture for the Mayer-Erdős phenomenon on similarly ordered Farey fractions
Let be the Farey sequence of order , and let denote the least positive integer such that some pair of fractions positions apart is not similarly ordered. For according as , the upper bound is expected to be sharp. Optimality conjecture. For all ,
More precisely, for all ,
Here is defined by the residue class of modulo as above. The claim concerns the eventual optimality of the proven upper bound for the first non-similarly ordered pair of Farey fractions; the stated threshold and equality are supported by computer calculations in the source, but no proof or resolution is supplied.
References
Primary source
Wouter van Doorn, “Improved bounds for the Mayer-Erdős phenomenon on similarly ordered Farey fractions”, arXiv:2509.00121 (2025).
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