A note on repelling periodic points for meromorphic functions with a bounded set of singular values (Q268249)

In the field of holomorphic dynamics, the problem of existence of repelling periodic points has a long history. The most general theorem in this aspect due to Bergweiler is that any transcendental entire map has infinitely many repelling periodic points of period \(n\) for \(n\geq 2\). The theorem is optimal since there exist entire transcendental maps which has no fixed point. In this paper, the author gives an elementary proof of the following theorem: Let \(f\) be an entire function or meromorphic function with a bounded set of singular values. If \(f\) is meromorphic but not entire, assume also that infinity is a logarithmic singularity, then \(f\) has infinitely many repelling periodic points of any given period \(n\geq 1\). Note that the theorem in this paper is able to deal with a family of meromorphic functions, and also the repelling fixed points.