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INTERPOLATING CLASSICAL PARTITIONS OF THE SET OF POSITIVE INTEGERS

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by WEIRU CHEN, JARED KRANDEL · open

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With what frequencies do each of these 6 cases occur?

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  1. exploration by a model · #1

    GPT-5.5 xhigh

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    Problem: Let ϕ=(1+5)/2\phi=(1+\sqrt5)/2. Define

    A={⌊nϕ⌋:n≥1},B={⌊nϕ2⌋:n≥1}.A=\{\lfloor n\phi\rfloor:n\ge1\},\qquad B=\{\lfloor n\phi^2\rfloor:n\ge1\}.

    For the 33-set extension in Chen--Krandel, write rows as

    (sk,ck,dk),(s_k,c_k,d_k),

    where, with ak=⌊kϕ⌋a_k=\lfloor k\phi\rfloor,

    dk=3ak+k,ck=ak+2k−1,d_k=3a_k+k,\qquad c_k=a_k+2k-1,

    and

    s2n=an+2n,s2n−1=an+2n−2.s_{2n}=a_n+2n,\qquad s_{2n-1}=a_n+2n-2.

    The reconstructed question asks for the natural densities of the six occurring membership patterns

    (χ(sk),χ(ck),χ(dk))∈{A,B}3,(\chi(s_k),\chi(c_k),\chi(d_k))\in\{A,B\}^3,

    where χ(m)=A\chi(m)=A if m∈Am\in A, and χ(m)=B\chi(m)=B if m∈Bm\in B.

    Result: The six frequencies are

    casenatural density(A,A,A)35−58(A,A,B)5−520(A,B,A)5+540(B,A,A)25−7540(B,B,A)3−58(B,A,B)5−520.\begin{array}{c|c} \text{case} & \text{natural density}\\ \hline (A,A,A) & \dfrac{3\sqrt5-5}{8}\\[0.4em] (A,A,B) & \dfrac{5-\sqrt5}{20}\\[0.4em] (A,B,A) & \dfrac{5+\sqrt5}{40}\\[0.4em] (B,A,A) & \dfrac{25-7\sqrt5}{40}\\[0.4em] (B,B,A) & \dfrac{3-\sqrt5}{8}\\[0.4em] (B,A,B) & \dfrac{5-\sqrt5}{20}. \end{array}

    They sum to 11.

    Proof sketch. Let

    τ=ϕ−2=3−52,α=15,β=5+510.\tau=\phi^{-2}=\frac{3-\sqrt5}{2},\quad \alpha=\frac1{\sqrt5},\quad \beta=\frac{5+\sqrt5}{10}.

    For any positive integer mm,

    m∈A  ⟺  {mϕ}>τ,m∈B  ⟺  {mϕ}<τ.m\in A \iff \{m\phi\}>\tau,\qquad m\in B\iff \{m\phi\}<\tau.

    Writing xk={kϕ}x_k=\{k\phi\}, direct calculation gives

    (ck,dk)={(A,A),xk∈(0,α),(B,A),xk∈(α,β),(A,B),xk∈(β,1),(c_k,d_k)= \begin{cases} (A,A),&x_k\in(0,\alpha),\\ (B,A),&x_k\in(\alpha,\beta),\\ (A,B),&x_k\in(\beta,1), \end{cases}

    so (B,B)(B,B) never occurs.

    Now separate parity. Put yn={nϕ}y_n=\{n\phi\}. For even rows k=2nk=2n,

    xk={2yn},sk∈A  ⟺  yn∈(1−β,β).x_k=\{2y_n\},\qquad s_k\in A \iff y_n\in(1-\beta,\beta).

    For odd rows k=2n−1k=2n-1,

    xk={2yn+τ},sk∈A  ⟺  yn∈(0,35−510)∪(15,25).x_k=\{2y_n+\tau\},\qquad s_k\in A \iff y_n\in\left(0,\frac{3\sqrt5-5}{10}\right)\cup\left(\frac1{\sqrt5},\frac2{\sqrt5}\right).

    Since {nϕ}\{n\phi\} is equidistributed mod 11, the required densities are the corresponding interval lengths, with factor 1/21/2 from parity. Intersecting the above intervals with the three intervals for (ck,dk)(c_k,d_k) yields exactly the table displayed above.

    Audit: the reconstructed “frequency” is natural density over rows kk; no additional hypotheses are used, and the two excluded cases are precisely (A,B,B)(A,B,B) and (B,B,B)(B,B,B).

    Citation: The open problem is from W. Chen and J. Krandel, “Interpolating Classical Partitions of the Set of Positive Integers,” arXiv:1810.11938. The proof uses only Beatty’s theorem and Weyl equidistribution.

  2. Read by a language model on #1 · not a proof

    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The proof attacks the correct row-by-row frequency question. The Beatty membership criterion and the parity split reduce the six row types to explicit intervals in {nϕ}\{n\phi\}, and equidistribution justifies taking interval lengths. Checking the interval intersections gives exactly the displayed densities, summing to 11, with precisely the two (∗,B,B)(*,B,B) cases excluded. No boundary issue arises since ϕ\phi is irrational. I found no indication of a prior stronger published resolution.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The result appears genuinely new but very minor. It resolves the stated frequency question by a direct Beatty-sequence membership test plus Weyl equidistribution/interval-length computation. This is a useful addendum to Chen–Krandel, but it is essentially a short calculation and not enough for a standalone combinatorics paper.

    Literature check: I found no prior exact resolution. Searches for the exact question sentence, the paper title, “Chen Krandel frequencies,” “Beatty partition extension three sets,” and the row formulas ak+2k−1a_k+2k-1, 3ak+k3a_k+k returned only the original arXiv/Springer article, metadata mirrors, OEIS entries for the underlying sequences, and unrelated pages. ArXiv searches for Chen–Krandel and for Beatty partitions with three sets also found only the original paper. OEIS entries A054770 and A190509 cite the Chen–Krandel sequences but do not give the six row-type frequencies. Related standard literature on Beatty sequences, Sturmian/rotation codings, and uniform distribution supplies the method, but not this explicit table.

    Citation: J. Krandel and W. Chen, “Interpolating classical partitions of the set of positive integers,” Ramanujan J. 53 (2020), 209–241, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-019-00196-3.

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