Classification conjecture for irreducible λ-quiddities on the subgroup generated by the golden ratio

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Let φ=1+52\varphi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} be the golden ratio, and let φ={kφ:kZ}\langle\varphi\rangle=\{k\varphi:k\in\mathbb{Z}\} be the subgroup of C\mathbb{C} generated by φ\varphi. An irreducible λ\lambda-quiddity on φ\langle\varphi\rangle is an irreducible sequence satisfying the λ\lambda-quiddity relation described in the paper. Classification conjecture. The set of irreducible λ\lambda-quiddities on φ\langle\varphi\rangle is

{(φ,φ,φ,φ,φ),(φ,φ,φ,φ,φ),(0,kφ,0,kφ),(kφ,0,kφ,0);kZ}.\{(\varphi,\varphi,\varphi,\varphi,\varphi),(-\varphi,-\varphi,-\varphi,-\varphi,-\varphi),(0,k\varphi,0,-k\varphi),(k\varphi,0,-k\varphi,0); k\in\mathbb{Z}\}.

The paper notes that the two constant sequences of length five are examples, while a classification of irreducible solutions on this subgroup is not known; the conjecture proposes that these examples together with the displayed four-term families are all such solutions.

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Flavien Mabilat, “λ-quiddity and subgroups generated by an algebraic number”, arXiv:2212.03142 (2026).

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