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Artifact ↗The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of distances for random walks on dihedral groups
No such pair exists: for every positive integer and every , is rate-monotonic (Theorem A), and more generally so is every inversion extension of a finite abelian group by an involution, a family containing the generalized dihedral, dicyclic and generalized quaternion groups (Theorem B). The picture is completed in the other direction: for every real that is not an even integer there is an with not rate-monotonic (Theorem C), so the even integers are exactly the exponents for which monotonicity holds on the dihedral groups.
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Occurred: Aug 27, 2026
Delta type: SOURCE CLAIM
Assumptions: VibeMathed verification: lean-checked. Publication: preprint. AI contribution: ai-co-developed. VibeMathed editorial classifications, scores, notes, relations, and dataset structure are CC BY 4.0. Source statements and linked content retain their own rights.
Canonical aliases: The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of $\ell^{2m}$ distances for random walks on dihedral groups · Lyons–White conjecture
Confidence: Not scored
Registry verification: lean checked · preprint · resolved
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VibeMathed
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AxiomProver
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Colin Defant
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Ken Ono
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No such pair exists: for every positive integer and every , is rate-monotonic (Theorem A), and more generally so is every inversion extension of a finite abelian group by an involution, a family containing the generalized dihedral, dicyclic and generalized quaternion groups (Theorem B). The picture is completed in the other direction: for every real that is not an even integer there is an with not rate-monotonic (Theorem C), so the even integers are exactly the exponents for which monotonicity holds on the dihedral groups. parent of this event
Lean formalization (AxiomMath/LyonsWhite), Comparator-verified against Challenge/Basic.lean evidence for this event
The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of distances for random walks on dihedral groups parent of this event
This event attributed to Ken Ono
Lyons and White, Monotonicity for continuous-time random walks (the question) evidence for this event
VibeMathed record: The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of distances for random walks on dihedral groups evidence for this event
This event attributed to Colin Defant
The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of distances for random walks on dihedral groups evidence for this event
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