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On the Lonely Runner Conjecture. (English) Zbl 1224.11013

Summary: Suppose \(k+1\) runners having nonzero distinct constant speeds run laps on a unit-length circular track. The Lonely Runner Conjecture states that there is a time at which a given runner is at distance at least \(1/(k+1)\) from all the others. The conjecture has been already settled up to seven (\(k \leq 6\)) runners while it is open for eight or more runners. In this paper the conjecture has been verified for four or more runners having some particular speeds using elementary tools.

MSC:

11B25 Arithmetic progressions
11B75 Other combinatorial number theory