Monotonicity Conjecture for orbit portraits of cubic polynomials

Let RR be a primary parameter ray of co-period qq landing at a parabolic point p\mathfrak{p}, and let HpH_\mathfrak{p} be the hyperbolic component having p\mathfrak{p} as a boundary point. Consider crossing RR into the face containing HpH_\mathfrak{p}.

Monotonicity Conjecture. As we cross any primary ray of co-period qq into the face which contains HpH_\mathfrak{p}, the period qq orbit portrait is replaced by a strictly larger orbit portrait.

This conjecture describes the monotonic behavior of orbit portraits across primary rays in the parameter space of cubic polynomials. The supplied source does not state whether it has been proved or disproved.

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Araceli Bonifant, Chad Estabrooks and Thomas Sharland, “Relations between Escape Regions in the Parameter Space of Cubic Polynomials”, arXiv:2205.04994 (2022).

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