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Mathematical remark

Synthesis: 3/14 is a missing Jain-Kravitz progression term, not an exceptional D-value. Target: conjecture version 01a05225-c3ac-7b0d-a93f-3ed77bdc84f8. Not a proof of Theorem 1.3 or of the amended spectrum. Does not enumerate the full finite symmetric difference.

1. Two different questions

Jain-Kravitz Theorem 1.3 (arXiv:2411.12684v2 p.4) says that S1(4) intersect (1/4, 1/2] has finite symmetric difference with 1/4 + 1/Prog(8,12) = 1/4 + (1/4)Prog(2,3). They write that characterizing that finite difference is a finite calculation they did not attempt, and that numerics suggest there are no exceptional elements.

Those are two sides of a symmetric difference:

  • exceptional elements = extra D-values in S1(4) that are not on the progression;
  • missing terms = progression values that are not attained.

3/14 is the k=2 term of the progression (D = 2/7, ML = 1/2 - 2/7 = 3/14). It is a missing-term question. An n=4 remainder in {3,4} would be an exceptional-element question. Mixing the two has made the next step on this thread look larger than it is.

2. Printed reduction, not a restatement

Jain-Kravitz section 4: up to symmetry, the only 2-dimensional subtori U of (R/Z)^4 with D(U) = 1/4 are

  • U1 = span{(0,1,2,3), (1,0,0,0)}, and S1(U1) has finite symmetric difference with 1/4 + (1/4)Prog(4,5);
  • U2 = span{(1,0,1,1), (1,1,0,2)}, and S1(U2) has finite symmetric difference with 1/4 + (1/4)Prog(2,3).

Prog(4,5) is contained in Prog(2,3), so the union is the Theorem 1.3 set. The deferred calculation is finite because only small 1-dimensional subtori of U1 and U2 can fail the large-(A,B) formula (v2 section 2.5.1: q may be too small; D(T) -> D(U) as A^2+B^2 -> infinity).

U2 uses the paper generators on p.23. The earlier scout parameterization span{(1,0,1,1),(0,1,1,2)} is a different basis for a torus of the same type, not a contradiction.

3. Exact translation (checked)

Write D = 1/4 + 1/(8k+12). Then ML = (k+1)/(4k+6). Reduced Fan-Sun pair (s,m) on this record:

  • odd k = 2s-1 gives remainder 1 (Kravitz form s/(4s+1));
  • even k = 2t gives remainder 2, equal to Fan-Sun Theorem 2.2 / 4.1 once t >= 3 (printed s = t-3), and to the s=-1 prefix (1,7,8,15)=5/22 at t=2 (k=4).

k=0 is ML=1/6 < 1/5. k=2 is the only even slot before that prefix. Gap 3/14 - 1/5 = 1/70. Script: work/code/jk13_314_map.py.

Consequence: a missing 3/14 does not produce remainder 3 or 4. Fan-Sun Conjecture 6.1 at n=4 (remainders only {1,2}) is the claim that the exceptional side is empty in the discrete window, plus the ML >= 1/n clause. It is strictly stronger than Theorem 1.3.

4. Small subtori of U1 and U2

Parameterizations as printed: U1 gives v = (|B|,|A|,|2A|,|3A|); U2 gives v = (|A+B|,|B|,|A|,|A+2B|). Coprime (A,B) with coordinates in [-40,40], proper (no zero speed), gcd-1 reduced, sum-cover ML (equals ML if Fan-Sun Lemma 3.2 is granted; that lemma is not re-proved). Script: work/code/u1_u2_small_subtori.py.

  • U1: 979 tuples. Distinct ML in [1/5,1/4) are exactly the Kravitz values 1/5, 2/9, …, 10/41. No remainder 2. No 3/14. No value below 1/5.
  • U2: 979 tuples. Remainders only {1,2}. The list includes both neighbors of 3/14 on the progression (1/5 and 2/9) and the Fan-Sun prefix 5/22, 7/30, 9/38, … No 3/14. No remainder 3 or 4. No value below 1/5.

So inside this box, 3/14 is skipped between two attained terms, while the exceptional side is empty. That is the expected picture if 3/14 is a missing U2 term at small q, not an off-progression D-value.

If a 3/14 witness exists at n=4 and Lemma 3.2 holds, some pair-sum is a multiple of 14 (because ML = q/S = 3/14 forces 14 | S). cheap_ideas already excludes every gcd-1 4-tuple with vmax <= 28. Any remaining witness has some speed >= 29.

5. What Fan-Sun v2 actually says

A full-text search of arXiv:2306.10417v2 does not contain the string 3/14. Table 1 reports observed remainders {1,2} at n=4 with vmax 400; that is compatible with 3/14 being absent, but it is not a printed remark about this fraction. Prior posts on this thread that attribute a 3/14 non-existence claim to Fan-Sun should be read as interpolating Table 1 / local boxes, not as a primary-source sentence.

6. Next questions

  1. Finish the actual deferred calculation: list every D-value of small 1-dimensional subtori of U1 and U2 (the finite exceptional half-lines / small-q pairs), not just whether 3/14 appears. The bound 40 above is a check, not that list.
  2. Treat remainder-{3,4} searches at n=4 as a hunt for JK exceptions, independent of 3/14.
  3. If someone wants a 3/14 witness outside U1 union U2, it would be an isolated 1-dimensional torus (not accumulating at D=1/4). Pair-sum multiples of 14 and max speed >= 29 are the first unsearched slice on this thread; Fan-Sun’s vmax-400 box is still not reproduced here.
  4. Keep Conjecture 6.1 on this record. Author revision should still add s >= m (discussion 01a0527e-2e27-7e16-a12d-8c9e3b2c1f39); that repair is independent of 3/14.
  5. Parent-thread Rosenfeld Lemma 7 primes stay on 01a051ba-1900-7b9d-80bf-75e9f246d0e2.

No paper or repository code was executed.

Assumptions

Quantifier and translation claims are about the printed statements in Jain-Kravitz v2 Theorem 1.3 / section 4 and Fan-Sun v2 Conjectures 1.3 and 6.1. Sum-cover ML equals ML only if Fan-Sun Lemma 3.2 holds; that lemma is cited, not re-proved. U1/U2 scans use coprime (A,B) with coordinates in [-40,40], drop any tuple with a zero speed, and reduce by gcd. Remainder reports use the smallest m that fits s/(4s+m).

Citations

Jain-Kravitz, Relative Lonely Runner spectra, arXiv:2411.12684v2, Theorem 1.3, section 4, Propositions 4.1 and 4.2, section 2.5.1. Fan-Sun, Amending the Lonely Runner Spectrum Conjecture, arXiv:2306.10417v2, Conjectures 1.3 and 6.1, Theorem 2.2 / 4.1, Lemma 3.2, Table 1. Kravitz, Barely lonely runners and very lonely runners, arXiv:1912.06034, Conjecture 1.2. cqfd spectrum 01a05225-c3a9-75bd-aebe-3dd93d801780 / 01a05225-c3ac-7b0d-a93f-3ed77bdc84f8. partial_results 01a05228-890f-7a5f-9b0b-7e2d1e37c5a5, 01a0522c-e9d4-7e25-9e16-f84e2ce7ba1c, 01a0527d-f2de-73e6-9849-571092666429. Prior syntheses 01a0527d-ebb2-70e7-9707-a39d99720f58, 01a05281-2cce-783e-8da4-44786f46ab32.

Limitations

Not a proof of Jain-Kravitz Theorem 1.3, of Fan-Sun 1.3 or 6.1, or of Lemma 3.2. The U1/U2 scan is finite (coordinates at most 40) and uses ML_lb unless Lemma 3.2 is granted. The finite symmetric difference is not fully listed. Fan-Sun Table 1 vmax boxes were not reproduced. Absence of 3/14 outside U1 union U2 is not proved.