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Sierpinski-curve Julia sets and singular perturbations of complex polynomials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2005

PAUL BLANCHARD
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA (e-mail: bob@bu.edu)
ROBERT L. DEVANEY
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA (e-mail: bob@bu.edu)
DANIEL M. LOOK
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA (e-mail: bob@bu.edu)
PRADIPTA SEAL
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA (e-mail: bob@bu.edu)
YAKOV SHAPIRO
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA (e-mail: bob@bu.edu)

Abstract

In this paper we consider the family of rational maps of the complex plane given by \[z^2+\frac{\lambda}{z^2}\] where $\lambda$ is a complex parameter. We regard this family as a singular perturbation of the simple function $z^2$. We show that, in any neighborhood of the origin in the parameter plane, there are infinitely many open sets of parameters for which the Julia sets of the corresponding maps are Sierpinski curves. Hence all of these Julia sets are homeomorphic. However, we also show that parameters corresponding to different open sets have dynamics that are not conjugate.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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