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Simultaneous Novelty from First-Appearance Times in the Calkin-Wilf Enumeration

Paul Alexander Bilokon
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We study the first-appearance map $\pi:\mathbb{N}_{\ge2}\to\mathbb{N}_0$ that assigns to each denominator $d$ the earliest breadth-first index at which a reduced fraction of denominator $d$ occurs in the Calkin-Wilf enumeration of $\mathbb{Q}_{>0}$. In parallel, we consider the elementary denominator-first array $D=\big(U(2)\mid U(3)\mid U(4)\mid\cdots\big)$ with rows $U(a)=(1/a,2/a,\dots,(a-1)/a)$ and row-starts $i_0(a)=\frac{(a-2)(a-1)}{2}$. We say level $a$ locks if $\pi(a)=i_0(a)$. Our main theorem is purely combinatorial: for every $n\ge2$ there exists $i\in\{0,\dots,n-2\}$ such that the first appearances of denominators $n-i$ and $n+i$ align symmetrically around $i_0(n)$, i.e.\ $\pi(n\pm i)=i_0(n)\pm i$. We prove this pairing (or simultaneous novelty) theorem via a local-coherence analysis of $\pi$ around a level and a discrete intermediate-value argument. An equivalent group-theoretic restatement uses the free monoid $\langle L,R\rangle\subset SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ underlying the Calkin-Wilf and Stern-Brocot trees.

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Paul Alexander Bilokon. 2025-08-29. Simultaneous Novelty from First-Appearance Times in the Calkin-Wilf Enumeration. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10485

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