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Statistically characterized subgroups related to arithmetic-type sequence of integers

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Statistically characterized subgroups for a broader class of arithmetic-type sequences recover all prior cardinality results as special cases but exhibit distinct behavior.

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This paper generalizes the study of statistically characterized subgroups to a wider family of arithmetic-type sequences of integers. It shows that all earlier cardinality observations for arithmetic sequences and for certain non-arithmetic sequences arise as special cases within the new framework. The broader class, however, displays behavior that sets it apart from those narrower classes examined previously. A reader would care because the work unifies scattered earlier findings while identifying where the statistical properties of subgroups change in a substantial way.

Core claim

The authors establish that statistically characterized subgroups associated with a broader class of arithmetic-type sequences encompass all previously obtained cardinality observations for arithmetic sequences as well as certain non-arithmetic sequences as special cases. At the same time, this broader class exhibits drastically different behavior and differs significantly from the previously studied special cases.

What carries the argument

statistically characterized subgroups associated with arithmetic-type sequences

Load-bearing premise

The statistical characterization extends coherently to the broader class of arithmetic-type sequences without requiring new restrictions or producing contradictions with the special cases already studied.

What would settle it

A concrete arithmetic-type sequence from the broader class in which the cardinality of the statistically characterized subgroup does not match the pattern generalized from the special cases, or in which the overall behavior fails to differ significantly from those cases.

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Very recently, in [Das et al., J. Lond. Math. Soc., 2025], statistically characterized subgroups were studied for certain classes of non-arithmetic sequences. Subsequently, in [Das et al., Bull. Sci. Math., 2025], characterized subgroups were investigated for a class of arithmetic-type sequences that includes both arithmetic sequences and certain non-arithmetic sequences. Motivated by these developments, we study statistically characterized subgroups associated with a broader class of arithmetic-type sequences. In particular, all previously obtained cardinality related observations for statistically characterized subgroups corresponding to arithmetic sequences as well as certain non-arithmetic sequences follow as special cases of our results. Moreover, we show that this broader class exhibits drastically different behavior and differs significantly from the previously studied special cases.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript studies statistically characterized subgroups of the integers for a broader class of arithmetic-type sequences. It asserts that all prior cardinality results for statistically characterized subgroups tied to arithmetic sequences and certain non-arithmetic sequences are recovered as special cases, while demonstrating that the broader class displays drastically different behavior from those special cases.

Significance. If the generalization is shown to embed the special cases coherently and to produce genuinely new phenomena without hidden restrictions, the work would unify existing cardinality observations under a single framework and identify new distinctions arising from the extended sequence class.

major comments (2)
  1. Abstract and §1: The central claim that previous results 'follow as special cases' depends on the definitions and theorems of the two cited prior papers by the same authors; the manuscript must explicitly verify that the broader arithmetic-type class contains the earlier definitions without introducing new restrictions or altering the cardinality conclusions.
  2. The assertion of 'drastically different behavior' requires at least one concrete theorem or example (with explicit sequence and subgroup) showing a cardinality or characterization property that fails to hold in the special cases but holds in the new class.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and the constructive major comments. We address each point below and will revise the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the presentation of our claims.

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  1. Referee: Abstract and §1: The central claim that previous results 'follow as special cases' depends on the definitions and theorems of the two cited prior papers by the same authors; the manuscript must explicitly verify that the broader arithmetic-type class contains the earlier definitions without introducing new restrictions or altering the cardinality conclusions.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit verification is necessary. In the revised manuscript we will insert a short subsection immediately after the statement of our main definitions in §2. This subsection will recall the precise definitions of the arithmetic sequences and the non-arithmetic sequences appearing in the two cited papers, show that each is obtained by specializing the parameters of our broader arithmetic-type class, and confirm that the specialization introduces no additional restrictions and preserves the cardinality conclusions already established in those works. revision: yes

  2. Referee: The assertion of 'drastically different behavior' requires at least one concrete theorem or example (with explicit sequence and subgroup) showing a cardinality or characterization property that fails to hold in the special cases but holds in the new class.

    Authors: We acknowledge that a concrete illustration would make the claimed qualitative difference more transparent. While our general theorems already indicate the divergence, we will add an explicit example in the revised §4. The example will name a specific arithmetic-type sequence lying outside the classes treated in the earlier papers, identify a statistically characterized subgroup, and exhibit a cardinality (or characterization) property that is attainable in the new class but impossible for the arithmetic and previously studied non-arithmetic sequences. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The paper generalizes statistically characterized subgroups to a broader class of arithmetic-type sequences and states that prior cardinality results for arithmetic and certain non-arithmetic sequences are recovered as special cases while the broader class shows different behavior. Although the abstract references two recent papers by the same authors as motivation and background, the central claims involve new definitions for the extended class and independent demonstrations of differing properties. No load-bearing step reduces by construction or definition to the self-citations; the prior works supply context rather than serving as the sole justification for the new results. Self-citation is present but does not create circularity under the specified criteria, as the derivation chain for the broader class remains self-contained with external mathematical content.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The work operates inside standard group theory and relies on definitions of statistical characterization and arithmetic-type sequences introduced in the authors' own earlier papers; no new free parameters, ad-hoc axioms, or invented entities are visible from the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • standard math Standard axioms and definitions of group theory
    The paper studies subgroups of groups and therefore inherits the usual group axioms.

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