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For each subtorus $T$ of $(\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})^n$, let $D(T)$ denote the (infimal) $L^\infty$-distance from $T$ to the point $(1/2,\ldots, 1/2)$. The $n$-th Lonely Runner spectrum $\mathcal{S}(n)$ is defined to be the set of all values…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Vikram Giri , Noah Kravitz

The Lonely Runner Conjecture states that if $k+1$ runners start at the same point on a unit-length circular track and run with distinct constant speeds, then each runner is at some time at least $1/(k+1)$-distant from every other runner.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Alathea Jensen

Suppose that $k$ runners having different constant speeds run laps on a circular track of unit length. The Lonely Runner Conjecture states that, sooner or later, any given runner will be at distance at least $1/k$ from all the other…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-02-07 Sebastian Czerwiński

The Lonely Runner Conjecture asserts that if $n$ runners with distinct constant speeds run on the unit circle $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ starting from $0$ at time $0$, then each runner will at some time $t>0$ be lonely in the sense that she/he…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Ludovic Rifford

In this paper, we study the distribution of the boundary points of expansion. As an application, we say something about the lonely runner problem. We show that given $k$ runners $\mathcal{S}_i$ round a unit circular track with the condition…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Theophilus Agama

We show that the shifted Lonely Runner Conjecture (sLRC) holds for 5 runners. We also determine that there are exactly 3 primitive tight instances of the conjecture, only two of which are tight for the non-shifted conjecture (LRC). Our…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-11 David Alcántara , Francisco Criado , Francisco Santos

We introduce a sharpened version of the well-known Lonely Runner Conjecture of Wills and Cusick. Given a real number $x$, let $\Vert x \Vert$ denote the distance from $x$ to the nearest integer. For each set of positive integer speeds $v_1,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-13 Noah Kravitz

The Lonely Runner Conjecture is a number theory problem, dating to 1964. Using dynamical systems theory, we show almost all sets of velocities solve the conjecture. Furthermore, any "traditional" approach of Diophantine approximation cannot…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-03-10 C. Harold Horvat , Matthew Stoffregen

Tao (2018) showed that in order to prove the Lonely Runner Conjecture (LRC) up to $n+1$ runners it suffices to consider positive integer velocities in the order of $n^{O(n^2)}$. Using the zonotopal reinterpretation of the conjecture due to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Romanos Diogenes Malikiosis , Francisco Santos , Matthias Schymura

Lonely Runner Conjecture, proposed by J\"{o}rg M. Wills and so nomenclatured by Luis Goddyn, has been an object of interest since it was first conceived in 1967 : Given positive integers $k$ and $n_1,n_2,\ldots,n_k$ there exists a positive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Avinash Bhardwaj , Vishnu Narayanan , Hrishikesh Venkataraman

The lonely runner conjecture of Wills and Cusick, in its most popular formulation, asserts that if $n$ runners with distinct constant speeds run around a unit circle ${\bf R}/{\bf Z}$ starting at a common time and place, then each runner…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-03 Terence Tao

The lonely runner conjecture of Wills and Cusick asserts that if $n$ runners with distinct constant speeds run around a a circular unit length track, starting at a common time and place, then each runner will at some time be separated by a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-21 Benjamin Bedert

The Lonely Runner Conjecture was posed independently by Wills and Cusick and has many applications in different mathematical fields, such as diophantine approximation. This well-known conjecture states that for any set of runners running…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Guillem Perarnau , Oriol Serra

Suppose $k+1$ runners having nonzero constant speeds run laps on a unit-length circular track starting at the same time and place. A runner is said to be lonely if she is at distance at least $1/(k+1)$ along the track to every other runner.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-10-25 J. Barajas , O. Serra

The lonely runner conjecture, now over fifty years old, concerns the following problem. On a unit length circular track, consider $m$ runners starting at the same time and place, each runner having a different constant speed. The conjecture…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Sam Chow , Luka Rimanic

Henze and Malikiosis (2017) have shown that the Lonely Runner Conjecture (LRC) can be restated as a convex-geometric question on the so-called LR zonotopes, lattice zonotopes with one more generator than their dimension. This relation…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Mónica Blanco , Francisco Criado , Francisco Santos

We introduce the telescopic relative entropy (TRE), which is a new regularisation of the relative entropy related to smoothing, to overcome the problem that the relative entropy between pure states is either zero or infinity and therefore…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-04-28 Koenraad M. R. Audenaert

Vortex singularities in speckle patterns formed from random superpositions of waves are an inevitable consequence of destructive interference and are consequently generic and ubiquitous. Singularities are topologically stable, meaning they…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-13 Nadav Shaibe , Jared M. Erb , Steven M. Anlage

Spectrum is an important numerical invariant of an isolated hypersurface singularity, connecting its topological and analytic structures. The well-known Hertling conjecture tells the relation of range and variance of exponents i.e. elements…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Quan Shi , Yang Wang , Huaiqing Zuo

We show that charged-particles decaying in the early Universe can induce a scale-dependent or `running' spectral index in the small-scale linear and nonlinear matter power spectrum and discuss examples of this effect in minimal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stefano Profumo , Kris Sigurdson , Piero Ullio , Marc Kamionkowski
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