Douady's optimality conjecture for the Bruno condition

Let θR\theta\in\mathbb{R} be a rotation number, and call it a Bruno number when its Bruno sum B(θ)B(\theta) is finite. A polynomial has a Siegel disk of rotation number θ\theta if it has an invariant disk on which its dynamics is analytically conjugate to the rotation by θ\theta.

Douady's optimality conjecture. If θ\theta is not a Bruno number, then no polynomial of degree at least 22 can have a Siegel disk of rotation number θ\theta.

The conjecture identifies the Bruno condition as necessary for the existence of Siegel disks. Its special case for degree 22 was proved by Yoccoz, while the general statement is recalled here as open.

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Xavier Buff, Arnaud Chéritat and Pascale Roesch, “Biggest bounded type Siegel disks of monic polynomials include those that stick to all critical points”, arXiv:2606.24833 (2026).

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