Cusick–Wills Lonely Runner Conjecture

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(xx,xx).\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

tuituj1k+1\lVert t u_i-tu_j\rVert\geq\frac{1}{k+1}

for all jij\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.

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Primary source

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

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