Optimality conjecture for the Mayer-Erdős phenomenon on similarly ordered Farey fractions
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.
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Wouter van Doorn, “Improved bounds for the Mayer-Erdős phenomenon on similarly ordered Farey fractions”, arXiv:2509.00121 (2025).
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