Cusick–Wills Lonely Runner Conjecture

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Let u1,…,uk+1u_1,\ldots,u_{k+1} be distinct real numbers, and write ∥x∥\lVert x\rVert for the distance from xx to the closest integer:

∥x∥=min⁡(x−⌊x⌋,⌈x⌉−x).\lVert x\rVert=\min(x-\lfloor x\rfloor,\lceil x\rceil-x).

Cusick–Wills conjecture. For each i∈{1,…,k+1}i\in\{1,\ldots,k+1\}, there is a real number tt such that

∥tui−tuj∥≥1k+1\lVert t u_i-tu_j\rVert\geq\frac{1}{k+1}

for all j≠ij\ne i. Equivalently, among k+1k+1 runners with distinct constant speeds on a unit-length track, each runner is at distance at least 1/(k+1)1/(k+1) from every other runner at some time. The conjecture is the standard formulation of the Lonely Runner Conjecture, and the source does not specify its resolution.

References

Primary source

Touch Sungkawichai and Tanupat Trakulthongchai, “Eleven, twelve, and thirteen lonely runners”, arXiv:2604.23906 (2026).

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