2110.14697
Möbius group actions in the solvable chimera model
Vladimir Jaćimović, Aladin Crnkić
wronghigh confidenceCounterexample detected
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- math.DS
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- Specialist/Solid
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- Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
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The paper’s Proposition 9 claims: If μ on S^1 is absolutely continuous, not balanced, and invariant under a non-identity disc automorphism g (μ = g_*μ), then μ must be a Poisson kernel. The proof asserts that g fixes both the conformal barycenter B(μ) and the mean C(μ), hence must be the identity, contradicting nontrivial g; see Proposition 9 and its proof text . However, the argument implicitly uses g(C(μ)) = C(μ), i.e., Möbius-equivariance of the mean, which is false—indeed, the same paper earlier warns that mean values (centroids) are not equivariant under Möbius actions . The model provides a concrete counterexample using an elliptic automorphism of finite order: conjugate a rational rotation R_{2π/q} by a Blaschke map to obtain g; then any rotation-invariant but nonconstant density v(ϕ) (e.g., 1+ε cos(qϕ)) yields an absolutely continuous, non-balanced μ with μ = g_*μ that is not a Poisson kernel. The model also gives the corrected—and true—statement: when g has infinite order (irrational rotation angle), invariance forces the pushed-forward density to be Lebesgue by ergodicity/Fourier arguments, and pulling back produces exactly the Poisson kernel.
Referee report (LaTeX)
\textbf{Recommendation:} major revisions
\textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid
\textbf{Justification:}
The manuscript offers an interesting perspective on Möbius group actions in chimera dynamics and contains a number of insightful observations. However, a central theoretical statement (Proposition 9) is incorrect as written. Its proof incorrectly treats the centroid as Möbius-equivariant, contradicting an earlier remark in the same paper, and overlooks straightforward counterexamples arising from finite-order elliptic automorphisms. The main claim can be salvaged under an additional infinite-order (irrational angle) hypothesis on the automorphism, with a short Fourier/ergodic argument. Substantial revision is needed to correct the statement, fix the proof, and clarify the scope of related conclusions.