The obstruction conjecture for Toeplitz speedups

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Let (X,T)(X,T) be a Toeplitz flow with period structure (pk)(p_k), and let cc be a positive integer. A minimal speedup with orbit number cc means a minimal bounded speedup (X,S)(X,S) of (X,T)(X,T) whose orbit number is cc. Obstruction conjecture for Toeplitz speedups. If

gcd⁡(c,pkpk−1)>1\gcd\left(c,\frac{p_k}{p_{k-1}}\right)>1

for infinitely many kk, then (X,T)(X,T) has no minimal speedup with orbit number cc that is a Toeplitz flow. In particular, if θ\theta is a constant-length left proper substitution, then (Xθ,T)(X_\theta,T) has no minimal speedup with orbit number c=∣θ∣c=|\theta| that is also a Toeplitz flow. This is one of the paper's concluding conjectures, and the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Lori Alvin and Silvia Radinger, “Minimal Bounded Speedups of Toeplitz Flows”, arXiv:2509.00162 (2026).

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