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Rules of succession among tuples

This is an attempt to define the minimal set of rules of succession for all tuples: even-odd pairs (PP), even triplets (ET) and 5-tuples (5T).

To do so, larger tuples are decomposed in smaller ones and singletons;

  • An even triplet is made of a pair and an even singleton.
  • An odd triplet is made of an odd singleton and a pair.
  • A 5-tuple is made of a pair and an even triplet.

Each number is identify as follows: XXi.j, where XX is the type of tuples, i the position of the type of tuple upwards from a merge and j the position of the number in the tuple.

The figure below is based on a real case, in which numbers are replace by their identity. It contains three 5-tuples in a row to show the robustness of the rules. Note that tuples can be of more than one type (and color), due to decomposition.

https://preview.redd.it/ol88w1a0o4ve1.jpg?width=1358&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd9c1b58fc50bdea588169d3d1b84b3ce4938875

Posted Apr 16, 2025, 5:14 AM UTC

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