Monotonicity conjecture for phase-lock area portraits

Let ω0>0\omega_0>0, lNl\in\mathbb N, μ>0\mu>0, B0=lω0B_0=l\omega_0, and A0=2μω0A_0=2\mu\omega_0. Let sZ0s\in\mathbb Z_{\geqslant0}, and suppose (B0,A0)Ls,±(ω0)(B_0,A_0)\in\partial L_{s,\pm}(\omega_0) for an appropriately chosen sign. Suppose that Ls,±(ω0)\partial L_{s,\pm}(\omega_0) is tangent to Λl(ω0)={B=lω0}\Lambda_l(\omega_0)=\{B=l\omega_0\} at (B0,A0)(B_0,A_0), that its germ at this point lies to the right of Λl(ω0)\Lambda_l(\omega_0), and define such a point to be a left-moving tangency if the intersection disappears for ω>ω0\omega>\omega_0. Monotonicity conjecture. There are no left-moving tangencies in the model of the Josephson effect.

The conjecture describes the proposed monotone evolution of phase-lock area portraits as ω\omega decreases. The supplied text gives a partial result excluding generalized simple intersections, but does not provide a resolution of the conjecture itself.

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Alexey Glutsyuk and Igor Netay, “On spectral curves and complexified boundaries of the phase-lock areas in a model of Josephson junction”, arXiv:1908.08491 (2019).

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