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2205.12356

Noncommutative Coboundary Equations over Integrable Systems

Rafael de la Llave, Maria Saprykina

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The paper proves that for the integrable base f(θ,I)=(θ+I,I) and an analytic family η_ε with η_0=Id, the following are equivalent: (A) periodic-orbit condition (POC), (B) existence of a formal power-series conjugacy, and (C) existence of an analytic conjugacy φ_ε, see Theorem 3 and Definition 2 with estimate (1.7) , and the proof overview explaining (C)⇒(A),(B), (B)⇒(A), and especially (A)⇒(C) via a Nash–Moser scheme . The linear commutative step (Lemma 19) constructs a solution to α∘f−α=β under the Fourier-coefficient obstruction and provides tame estimates with a loss of domain . The nonlinear step (Proposition 24) implements an iterative correction with explicit bounds, again with controlled loss of analyticity width, yielding convergence to an analytic conjugacy . By contrast, the model’s core step (A)⇒(C) invokes the standard analytic implicit function theorem on fixed Banach spaces, asserting that the linearized operator L: X_s→Y_s is a bounded isomorphism “via Fourier/Weierstrass,” and hence a direct IFT applies. This misses the crucial loss-of-domain phenomenon: Lemma 19 only yields an inverse with shrinkage of the complex width (‖α‖_{ρ−δ} ≤ c δ^{−(d+1)}‖β‖_ρ), so L does not have a bounded inverse X_s→Y_s on the same domain. The paper therefore uses a Nash–Moser/KAM-type iteration with truncations and rescaling in ε to overcome this loss (see the iterative scheme (3.1)–(3.7)) . The model’s alternative linear step via Weierstrass division is fine in spirit (it matches the paper’s removable-singularity/one-variable argument near resonances), and its (C)⇒(A),(B) and (B)⇒(A) arguments align with the paper’s remarks . But the decisive nonlinear step is invalid as stated, because the required inverse for L on a fixed analytic domain does not exist; a hard (Nash–Moser) implicit function theorem is needed, exactly as implemented in the paper.

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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field

\textbf{Justification:}

The work gives a clean analytic Livšic-type theorem for noncommutative cocycles over an integrable (parabolic) base and handles the key analytical difficulty (loss of analyticity width) through a Nash–Moser/KAM iteration. The argument is correct and complete; a few minor clarifications (complex-analytic extension at resonances, consolidated constant bookkeeping) would further aid readability.