The automorphism space \(\Sigma(G)\) of a domain without punctiform prime ends (Q6205145)

Let \(G\subsetneq \mathbb{C}\) be a simply-connected domain and let \(\Sigma(G)\) be its group of conformal automorphisms with the topology of uniform chordal convergence on \(G\). In 1984 D. Gaier raised the question whether the connectedness of the space \(\Sigma(G)\) implies that the domain \(G\) has only punctiform prime ends. As a contribution to answering this question in this paper the authors use suitable spike functions, to construct a bounded domain without any punctiform prime end such that its automorphism space \(\Sigma(G)\) is not discrete, but totally disconnected.