Maximal-period invariants conjecture for irreducible quantum processes

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Let \opL\opL be an irreducible object with associated set Λ\opL\Lambda_\opL, preorder \preceq, period NαN_\alpha, and invariant ςα\varsigma_\alpha for each αΛ\opL\alpha\in\Lambda_\opL. Maximal-period invariants conjecture. If α,γΛ\opL\alpha,\gamma\in\Lambda_\opL are maximal with respect to \preceq, then

Nα=Nγandςα=ςγ.N_\alpha=N_\gamma\quad\text{and}\quad\varsigma_\alpha=\varsigma_\gamma.

The conjecture is motivated by an ordering intended to capture the periodicity encoded by α\alpha and γ\gamma. The supplied text says it is unproved, although it notes that it holds when \GammaGroup\GammaGroup is torsion.

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Owen Ekblad and Jeffrey Schenker, “Periodicity in Ergodic Quantum Processes”, arXiv:2604.09422 (2026).

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