English

Nine and ten lonely runners

Combinatorics 2026-04-21 v2 Discrete Mathematics Number Theory

Abstract

The Lonely Runner Conjecture of Wills and Cusick states that if k+1k+1 runners start running at distinct constant speeds around a unit-length circular track, then for each runner there is a time when he/she is at least 1/(k+1)1/(k+1) away from all other runners. Rosenfeld recently obtained a computer-assisted proof of the conjecture for 88 runners. By refining his approach with a sieve, we obtain proofs (also computer-assisted) for 99 and 1010 runners.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2511.22427,
  title  = {Nine and ten lonely runners},
  author = {Tanupat Trakulthongchai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.22427},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Updated theorem numbering to match with journal version; added references

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