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The optimal cyclic win count is 24 or 25

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An explicit partition attains 24 wins on every cyclic edge, while the sharp universal random-variable bound excludes 26 wins.

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Recorded scope: all partitions of the labels 1 through 36 into six labeled dice with six distinct faces each

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      "min": 6,
      "max": 6
    },
    "faces_per_die": {
      "min": 6,
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      "min": 36,
      "max": 36
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Originating problem: Largest cyclic winning margin for six disjoint six-sided dice

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The optimal cyclic win count is 24 or 25
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2Authored explanation

Write \[ M=36\max_{D_0,\ldots,D_5}\min_i\Pr(D_i>D_{i+1}). \] The certified interval is \[ \boxed{24\leq M\leq25}, \qquad \boxed{\frac23\leq\max\min_i\Pr(D_i>D_{i+1})\leq\frac{25}{36}}. \] The lower bound is attained by \[ \begin{aligned} D_0&=\{3,4,5,32,33,34\},& D_1&=\{1,2,28,29,30,31\},\\ D_2&=\{22,23,24,25,26,27\},& D_3&=\{16,17,18,19,20,21\},\\ D_4&=\{10,11,12,13,14,15\},& D_5&=\{6,7,8,9,35,36\}. \end{aligned} \] Its cyclic win counts are \([24,24,36,36,24,24]\).

Komisarski proves that every cycle of six independent random variables with pairwise tie probability zero has some cyclic winning probability strictly below \[ 1-\frac{1}{4\cos^2(\pi/8)}=\frac{1}{\sqrt2}. \] The theorem applies directly to fair rolls of these dice. A count of 26 would give probability \(26/36=13/18\), and \[ \left(\frac{13}{18}\right)^2=\frac{169}{324}>\frac12. \] Thus \(13/18>1/\sqrt2\), so six counts of at least 26 are impossible. Integrality gives \(M\leq25\).

The remaining question is whether a partition with all six counts at least 25 exists. No such partition or nonexistence certificate was produced in this research pass.

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Verification source: doi.org ↗, Andrzej Komisarski, Nontransitive Random Variables and Nontransitive Dice, American Mathematical Monthly 128 (2021), 423-434, sharp max-min bound for cycles of n independent random variables; exact witness replay in sdcm-artifact-witness-verifier

4What was measured

Best known minimum win count

lower24upper25

Best known probability

lower2/3upper25/36

5How it connects

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