Parry and non-Parry powers conjecture for roots of xd−xd−1−1x^d-x^{d-1}-1

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For each integer d≥2d\geq2, let 4θd44\theta_d4 be the relevant root of

xd−xd−1−1=0.x^d-x^{d-1}-1=0.

For d≡5(mod6)d\equiv5\pmod 6, use the noncyclotomic factor as specified in the source. A Parry number is a real number greater than 11 whose greedy expansion of 11 is eventually periodic.

Parry-power conjecture. For every d≥6d\geq6, 4θd44\theta_d4 is Parry, and for every integer k≥2k\geq2, 4θdk44\theta_d^k4 is non-Parry.

The claim is introduced after computational tests for the family and is presented as a conjecture. No proof or resolution is supplied.

References

Primary source

Kevin G Hare and Hachem Hichri, “Parry order of Parry numbers”, arXiv:2603.19554 (2026).

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