Diagonal monotonicity conjecture for kicked Harper rotation sets

Let Fα,βF_{\alpha,\beta} denote the kicked Harper map with parameters (α,β)(\alpha,\beta), and let ρ(Fα,β)\rho(F_{\alpha,\beta}) denote its rotation set. For parameters on the diagonal, consider Fα,αF_{\alpha,\alpha}.

Diagonal monotonicity conjecture. If 0αα~0\leq\alpha\leq\tilde\alpha, then

ρ(Fα,α)ρ(Fα~,α~).\rho(F_{\alpha,\alpha})\subseteq\rho(F_{\tilde\alpha,\tilde\alpha}).

The conjecture is motivated by numerical simulations suggesting monotonic behavior along the diagonal, despite the failure of monotonicity for general parameter changes. The source gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

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Primary source

Tobias Jäger, Andres Koropecki and Fabio Armando Tal, “On the onset of diffusion in the kicked Harper model”, arXiv:2003.00551 (2020).

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