On the Newton's method for transcendental functions (Q698536): Difference between revisions

For an entire function \(f\) the Newton method consists of iterating the function \(N_f(z)=z-f(z)/f'(z)\). This paper is concerned with Newton's method for functions of the form \(f(z)=p(z)e^{q(z)}+az+b\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are polynomials and \(a\) and \(b\) are constants. A careful study of Newton's method for such functions \(f\) is given, including a ``no wandering domains'' theorem. The functions \(f\) considered here are limits of the polynomials \(f_m(z)=p(z)(1+q(z)/m)^m+az+b\) as \(m\rightarrow \infty\). It is studied how the Julia sets of the functions \(f_m\) and \(f\) are related to each other. In particular, it is shown that the Julia sets of \(f_m\) converge to the Julia set of \(f\) in the Hausdorff metric if \(f\) is hyperbolic, with a suitable notion of hyperbolicity for transcendental functions. Then it is shown that the hyperbolic components in the parameter space of the \(f_m\) converge to the hyperbolic components in the parameter space of the functions \(f\) in the sense of kernel convergence.