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OEIS already records the bounded maximum sequence
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Recorded scope: the maximum four-number Ducci stopping time for coordinate bounds through 100
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}Originating problem: Longest four-number Ducci trajectory in the 100 box
Recorded relationships: The longest trajectory in the 100 box has 13 steps
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OEIS A065677 defines \(a(n)\) as the maximal Ducci length among nonnegative quadruples whose entries are at most \(n\). This is the present problem with \(n=100\). Its inverse, A065678, records the least bound at which a given length occurs. The two relevant values are \[ A065678(13)=44,\qquad A065678(14)=105. \] It follows that \(A065677(100)=13\). The independently computed values through bound 20 in the candidate record agree term for term with A065677.
The literature also explains the quotient used in the certificate. Behn, Kribs-Zaleta, and Ponomarenko treat translation, positive scaling, rotation, and reflection as equivalences and classify four-number longevity in a canonical two-dimensional region. The exhaustive computation here supplies the finite-box multiplicities and complete list of maximizers.
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Verification source: oeis.org ↗, OEIS A065677, Maximal Diffy_length for quadruples of numbers <= n; inverse A065678; Behn, Kribs-Zaleta, and Ponomarenko, The Convergence of Difference Boxes, American Mathematical Monthly 112 (2005), 426-439, DOI 10.2307/30037493
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