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The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of 2m\ell^{2m} distances for random walks on dihedral groups

No such pair exists: for every positive integer mm and every nn, (Dn,2m)(D_n,2m) 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 p1p\ge 1 that is not an even integer there is an nn with (Dn,p)(D_n,p) 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

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Canonical aliases: The Lyons–White conjecture: rate-monotonicity of $\ell^{2m}$ distances for random walks on dihedral groups · Lyons–White conjecture

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Colin Defant
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Ken Ono
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No such pair exists: for every positive integer mm and every nn, (Dn,2m)(D_n,2m) 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 p1p\ge 1 that is not an even integer there is an nn with (Dn,p)(D_n,p) 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 2m\ell^{2m} distances for random walks on dihedral groups parent of this event

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Lyons and White, Monotonicity for continuous-time random walks (the question) evidence for this event

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