The mapping class group of a generic quadratic rational map and automorphisms of the 2-shift (Q752570)

The paper deals with the dynamical systems which are obtained by iterating rational maps of the Riemann sphere. Sullivan's definition of the mapping class groups (MCG) for rational maps is recalled and the representation of MCG(R) as a group of automorphisms of the shift is studied. The two parameter family of quadratic rational maps \(R(z;\lambda,b)=1/\lambda (z+b+1/z)\) is investigated from the point of view of the properties of its Julia set and Mandelbrot set. The restriction of \(R_{\lambda,b}\) to a suitable neighborhood of \(\infty\) is conjugated to a linear map. The authors construct the mapping making this conjugacy.