Problems / combinatorics
combinatorics / Combinatorics on words; repetition-free morphisms
The 8/3-plus stability conjecture for power-free binary morphism lengths
For every extended-real threshold (8/3)+≤α<3, the admissible positive lengths of α-free uniform binary morphisms are exactly all integers except 3 and 6. Every admitted length has a complementary witness, h(1)=h(0); the broader binary class has the same length set by the credited prior impossibility theorem. At the strict threshold 8/3, length 5 is impossible, whereas it is possible at (8/3)+. The decisive bound for the prior endpoint family is ce(h(w))≤max(8/3,ce(w)) for every cubefree input. A length-12 seed covers the remaining doubling family through the established finite sufficient criterion. The proof includes finite and infinite admissible inputs with the stated critical-exponent convention. It does not classify every preserving morphism or settle all transitions in the lower interval [(7/3)+,8/3]. Equal zero/one counts in one image are not assumed.