Embeddedness conjecture for hexagonal circle patterns approximating power maps

Let 0<α=β<120<\alpha=\beta<\frac{1}{2} and set γ=12α\gamma=1-2\alpha, so that 0<γ<10<\gamma<1. Consider the hexagonal circle patterns z3αz^{3\alpha} with an intersection point at the origin and z3γz^{3\gamma} with a circle at the origin, constructed with θ=2πα\theta=2\pi\alpha. Embeddedness conjecture. For 0<α<120<\alpha<\frac{1}{2}, both of these hexagonal circle patterns are embedded. This asserts regular geometric behavior for the discrete analogues of the power maps zz3αz\mapsto z^{3\alpha} and zz3γz\mapsto z^{3\gamma}, contrasting with the non-embedded patterns that can arise from other initial values; the supplied text gives no resolution of the claim.

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A. I. Bobenko, T. Hoffmann and Yu. B. Suris, “Hexagonal circle patterns and integrable systems: Patterns with the multi-ratio property and Lax equations on the regular triangular lattice”, arXiv:math/0104244 (2001).

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