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The task is to state exactly which energy landscapes allow this.","posed_since":"2017","precise":"Continuous-time Markov jump process on n states with energies $E_i$ and barriers $B_{ij}$, Arrhenius rates $W_{ij} = \\operatorname{exp}(-(B_{ij} - E_j)/T_b)$ obeying detailed balance at bath temperature $T_b$, initial condition the Boltzmann distribution $\\pi(T_0)$. Expand $p(t) - \\pi(T_b) = \\operatorname{sum}_{k \\ge 2} a_k(T_0) v_k \\operatorname{exp}(-\\lambda_k t)$ with $0 < \\lambda_2 < \\lambda_3 \\le ...$; a weak direct Mpemba effect is $\\mid a_2(T_h)\\mid < \\mid a_2(T_c)\\mid$ for some $T_h > T_c > T_b$, a strong one is $a_2(T_h) = 0$, and an inverse effect is $\\mid a_2(T_c)\\mid < \\mid a_2(T_h)\\mid$ for some $T_c < T_h < T_b$. 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