Aliquot Orbit Lengths

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number_theory

What It Is

Aliquot sequence orbit lengths --- number of steps before s(n)=sigma(n)-n iteration terminates (reaches 1, enters a cycle, or escapes the sieve). Distinct erratic arithmetic from Collatz Stopping Times: divisor-sum dynamics instead of 3n+1 parity. Catalan-Dickson conjecture (some orbits unbounded, e.g. n=276) means a few entries cap at the divergence ceiling --- treated as MAX_STEPS, not specially flagged

Interpretation

Standard analysis sees: right-skewed; anti-correlated (alternating); homoskedastic. The atlas additionally detects critical slowing down.

What standard analysis sees
tail heaviness0.79
asymmetry0.87
occupancy0.24
short-range corr0.07
long-range memory0.20
spectral colour0.71
periodicity0.81
complexity0.51
time-irreversibility0.36
volatility clustering0.10
multifractality0.33
dimensionality0.55
nonstationarity0.49
What the atlas adds
critical slowing down+5.9z
lag-1 autocorrelation rises across the series — the early-warning signature of an approaching tipping point / regime shift (also fired by frequency chirps)
also fires on nonstationary arithmetic sequences whose autocorrelation drifts for non-dynamical reasons
Atlas-extreme metrics the standard bank can’t predict for this source
Heisenberg (Nil) (centered):xy_spread+3.8zbank-miss 1.8σ
Moiré:moire_peak_alpha+2.8zbank-miss 1.5σ

Composition

dtypefloat64
range[1, 69]
unique values63 / 16384
mean ± std10.1 ± 8.83

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Atlas Position

Nearest neighborDistance
Divisor Count3.94
Prime Gaps4.13
Collatz Flights4.20

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Which Geometries Light Up

H4 600-CellH4 600-Cell:lattice_closurerank 3/2980.9995
MoiréMoiré:moire_peak_alpharank 3/2983.4000
NonstationarityNonstationarity:ac1_trendrank 2/2980.4348
in chaos
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