Avoiding exponential dependence on the arity-set size

Determine whether the exponential dependence on the cardinality of the finite arity set R in the state-size bound for the Path Plurality of Pluralities (P^3) predictor can be avoided, specifically the factor (log(2rn))^{|R|} in the compression bound.

Background

For a fixed finite nonempty set R of allowed arities, the P3 predictor achieves statistical and computational efficiency with respect to the R-adic layered zipline complexity LZLC_R. Its compression bound contains the factor (log(2rn)){|R|}, arising from the number of possible scales in the multiplicative closure R!.

The authors explicitly identify this exponential dependence on |R| as an unresolved limitation. Removing it would strengthen the state-size guarantee and could make the predictor substantially more efficient when the set of permitted arities is large, while preserving the same layered-zipline framework.

References

Whether this dependence can be avoided, we leave as an open problem.

Stringological sequence prediction III: layered ziplines and a tradeoff between efficiency and expressivity  (2609.19940 - Kosoy, 17 Sep 2026) in Section 4, The P^3 Predictor, subsection 4.4 Guarantees (following Theorem 4.1)