Title The real Fatou conjecture / by Jacek Graczyk and Grzegorz Świa̧tek

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource Series Annals of mathematics studies ; number144 Annals of mathematics studies ; no. 144. Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Review of Concepts -- Chapter 2. Quasiconformal Gluing -- Chapter 3. Polynomial-Like Property -- Chapter 4. Linear Growth of Moduli -- Chapter 5. Quasi conformal Techniques -- Bibliography -- Index Summary In 1920, Pierre Fatou expressed the conjecture that--except for special cases--all critical points of a rational map of the Riemann sphere tend to periodic orbits under iteration. This conjecture remains the main open problem in the dynamics of iterated maps. For the logistic family x- ax(1-x), it can be interpreted to mean that for a dense set of parameters "a," an attracting periodic orbit exists. The same question appears naturally in science, where the logistic family is used to construct models in physics, ecology, and economics. In this book, Jacek Graczyk and Grzegorz Swiatek provide a rigorous proof of the Real Fatou Conjecture. In spite of the apparently elementary nature of the problem, its solution requires advanced tools of complex analysis. The authors have written a self-contained and complete version of the argument, accessible to someone with no knowledge of complex dynamics and only basic familiarity with interval maps. The book will thus be useful to specialists in real dynamics as well as to graduate students Analysis Absolute value Affine transformation Algebraic function Analytic continuation Analytic function Arithmetic Automorphism Big O notation Bounded set (topological vector space) C0 Calculation Canonical map Change of variables Chebyshev polynomials Combinatorics Commutative property Complex number Complex plane Complex quadratic polynomial Conformal map Conjecture Conjugacy class Conjugate points Connected component (graph theory) Connected space Continuous function Corollary Covering space Critical point (mathematics) Dense set Derivative Diffeomorphism Dimension Disjoint sets Disjoint union Disk (mathematics) Equicontinuity Estimation Existential quantification Fibonacci Functional equation Fundamental domain Generalization Great-circle distance Hausdorff distance Holomorphic function Homeomorphism Homotopy Hyperbolic function Imaginary number Implicit function theorem Injective function Integer Intermediate value theorem Interval (mathematics) Inverse function Irreducible polynomial Iteration Jordan curve theorem Julia set Limit of a sequence Linear map Local diffeomorphism Mathematical induction Mathematical proof Maxima and minima Meromorphic function Moduli (physics) Monomial Monotonic function Natural number Neighbourhood (mathematics) Open set Parameter Periodic function Periodic point Phase space Point at infinity Polynomial Projection (mathematics) Quadratic function Quadratic Quasiconformal mapping Renormalization Riemann sphere Riemann surface Schwarzian derivative Scientific notation Subsequence Theorem Theory Topological conjugacy Topological entropy Topology Union (set theory) Unit circle Unit disk Upper and lower bounds Upper half-plane Z0 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Geodesics (Mathematics) Mappings (Mathematics) Polynomials. MATHEMATICS -- Geometry -- General. MATHEMATICS -- Complex Analysis. Geodesics (Mathematics) Mappings (Mathematics) Polynomials Form Electronic book Author Świa̧tek, Grzegorz, 1964- author. LC no. 98024386 ISBN 9781400865185 1400865182 0691002576 9780691002576 0691002584 9780691002583

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