Non-escaping endpoints do not explode

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Abstract: The family of exponential maps fa(z)=ez+a is of fundamental importance in the study of transcendental dynamics. Here we consider the topological structure of certain subsets of the Julia set J(fa). When ain(−infty,−1), and more generally when a belongs to the Fatou set of fa, it is known that J(fa) can be written as a union of "hairs" and "endpoints" of these hairs. In 1990, Mayer proved for ain(−infty,−1) that, while the set of endpoints is totally separated, its union with infinity is a connected set. Recently, Alhabib and the second author extended this result to the case where ainF(fa), and showed that it holds even for the smaller set of all escaping endpoints. We show that, in contrast, the set of non-escaping endpoints together with infinity is totally separated. It turns out that this property is closely related to a topological structure known as a `spider's web'; in particular we give a new topological characterisation of spiders' webs that may be of independent interest. We also show how our results can be applied to Fatou's function, zmapstoz+1+e−z.



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