Five-Step Descent Certificates for the Juggler Map: Parity Statistics of Nested Floor Powers

The Juggler map applies the integer part of the square root at even positive integers and of the three-halves power at odd positive integers. We prove that the starting values admitting a power-envelope descent certificate within five operations have natural density 7/8. More precisely, their count up to N is 7N/8+O_epsilon(N^(127/128+epsilon)) for every epsilon > 0. The four-step subfamily has density 13/16. The proof uses exact carry identities, centered Fourier expansions, and van der Corput differencing, with all floor exceptions and partition endpoints counted. The two five-letter classes OOEOE and OOOEE are treated through their distinct formal chains. For OOOEE, the full mixed phase is retained and its signed curvature is recomputed after each frequency center is frozen. The complete analytic argument is included in three appendices. Fair-share densities at every fixed depth would imply density-one finite certificates; that hypothesis, general decorated estimates, and short-interval localization remain open. No result asserts universal arrival at 1.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-21
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22864934
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Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
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Five-Step Descent Certificates for the Juggler Map: Parity Statistics of Nested Floor Powers

Philippe Cochin
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
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Five-Step Descent Certificates for the Juggler Map: Parity Statistics of Nested Floor Powers

Philippe Cochin
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Abstract

The Juggler map applies the integer part of the square root at even positive integers and of the three-halves power at odd positive integers. We prove that the starting values admitting a power-envelope descent certificate within five operations have natural density 7/8. More precisely, their count up to N is 7N/8+O_epsilon(N^(127/128+epsilon)) for every epsilon > 0. The four-step subfamily has density 13/16. The proof uses exact carry identities, centered Fourier expansions, and van der Corput differencing, with all floor exceptions and partition endpoints counted. The two five-letter classes OOEOE and OOOEE are treated through their distinct formal chains. For OOOEE, the full mixed phase is retained and its signed curvature is recomputed after each frequency center is frozen. The complete analytic argument is included in three appendices. Fair-share densities at every fixed depth would imply density-one finite certificates; that hypothesis, general decorated estimates, and short-interval localization remain open. No result asserts universal arrival at 1.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
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