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arxiv: 2306.10417 · v2 · submitted 2023-06-17 · 🧮 math.NT · math.CO

Amending the Lonely Runner Spectrum Conjecture

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Let $||x||$ be the absolute distance from $x$ to the nearest integer. For a set of distinct positive integral speeds $v_1, \ldots, v_n$, we define its maximum loneliness, also known as the gap $\delta$, to be $$ML(v_1,\ldots,v_n) = \max_{t \in \mathbb{R}}\min_{1 \leq i \leq n} || tv_i||.$$ The Loneliness Spectrum Conjecture, recently proposed by Kravitz (2021), asserts that $$\exists s \in \mathbb{N}, \text{ML}(v_1,\ldots,v_n) = \frac{s} {sn + 1} \text{ or } \text{ML}(v_1,\ldots,v_n) \geq \frac{1}{n}. $$ We disprove the Loneliness Spectrum Conjecture for $n = 4$ with an infinite family of counterexamples and propose an alternative conjecture. We confirm the amended conjecture for $n = 4$ whenever there exists a pair of speeds with a common factor of at least $3$ and also prove some related results.

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