The same unequal lane counts respond differently to no crosstalk, forward crosstalk, and reverse crosstalk. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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An unequal input starts as this chapter's reference

Chapter six's move-fraction scan already used lane counts 60 and 40. With move fraction zero, no crosstalk channel changes those counts at all.

Nnone=(60,40)\vec N_{\text{none}}=(60,40)
No crosstalkZero move fraction leaves both lane counts unchanged.3/5lane a2/5lane b3/5lane a2/5lane bchannel map

The same unequal input responds differently by direction

Chapter three compared forward and reverse crosstalk on a symmetric fifty-fifty input, where the two directions are mirror images of each other. Applied instead to this chapter's unequal sixty-forty input, forward and reverse no longer mirror: the direction interacts with which lane already has more shots to move.

directionNaNbnone6040a-to-b4852b-to-a6832\begin{array}{c|c|c}\text{direction}&N_a&N_b\\\text{none}&60&40\\\text{a-to-b}&48&52\\\text{b-to-a}&68&32\\\end{array}
Forward crosstalkMoving from the larger lane sends more shots across.3/5lane a2/5lane b12/25lane a13/25lane bchannel map

Moving from the smaller lane sends fewer shots across

The reverse direction moves the same one-fifth fraction, but out of the smaller lane. It sends only 8 shots across, less than forward's 12.

Nreverse=(68,32)\vec N_{\text{reverse}}=(68,32)
Reverse crosstalkThe final row is rendered as the checked reverse-direction case.3/5lane a2/5lane b17/25lane a8/25lane bchannel map