scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1388195

Authors Shunsuke Morosawa, Masahiko Taniguchi, Y. Nishimura, T. Ueda

Publication date 16 January 2000

complex holomorphic dynamical systems Fatou sets Hénon maps Julia sets Kleinian groups pluripotential theory

Functional equations in the complex plane, iteration and composition of analytic functions of one complex variable (30D05) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40) Iteration of holomorphic maps, fixed points of holomorphic maps and related problems for several complex variables (32H50) Plurisubharmonic extremal functions, pluricomplex Green functions (32U35) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-01) Dynamics of complex polynomials, rational maps, entire and meromorphic functions; Fatou and Julia sets (37F10) Small divisors, rotation domains and linearization in holomorphic dynamics (37F50)

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This book is a comprehensive introduction to holomorphic dynamics, that is the dynamics induced by iteration of various holomorphic maps of one or several complex variables. This has been the focus of much attention in recent years, and the authors give a nearly up-to-date coverage of the modern theory. They cover rational and entire functions of one complex variable, Kleinian groups and polynomial automorphisms of several complex variables such as complex Hénon maps, but no transcendental meromorphic functions. The book is a self-contained introduction to this area. In Chapter~1, the authors first give several typical examples of fractal sets caused by polynomials. Then they summarize the local theory near a fixed point of a general holomorphic function. Also the definition of the Mandelbrot set and its relevance for quadratic polynomials is given. As the fundamental tools to measure how complicated a fractal set is, the Hausdorff measures and the logarithmic capacity are introduced. Finally, the basic results of polynomial-like maps are established. Chapter~2 starts with hyperbolic domains and the Denjoy-Wolff theorem. Then the definitions of the Fatou set and Julia set by the normal family property are given, and the Denjoy-Wolff theorem is applied to prove the fundamental classification theorem of the Fatou set. After a brief introduction to value distribution theory on meromorphic functions, the authors explain the basic properties of the Julia set, including the first fundamental theorem, which states that the repelling periodic points are dense in the Julia set. Then the interrelation between components of the Fatou set and the singular values is investigated. After the definition of the Teichmüller spaces of complex dynamics, the authors prove the weak second fundamental theorem, which states that an endomorphism with a finite number of singular values has no simply connected wandering domains. The third chapter is devoted to the dynamics of entire functions. First, the authors state the fundamental properties of the Julia and the Fatou set of a general entire function, and then they consider some special classes of transcendental entire functions which do not have wandering domains. Also the relationship between the Julia set and the set of escaping points is investigated. Then the exponential family and Cantor bouquets are studied. Finally, the authors exhibit various examples of transcendental entire functions whose Fatou sets contain wandering domains or Baker domains. Chapter~4 deals with the dynamics of rational functions and starts with some topics on the Newton method. Then the authors explain almost independently of Chapters~1 and 2 some fundamental results on iteration of rational functions, including Sullivan's no wandering domain theorem and theorems of Shishikura concerning estimates of the number of non-repelling cycles. Also some fundamental properties of hyperbolic rational functions are treated. In Chapter~5 the authors give a survey on Kleinian groups, and they construct a version of Sullivan's dictionary, which states analogues between iteration of rational functions and action of Kleinian groups. Then some topics on probability measures on Julia sets are explained, and conformal densities on Julia sets are constructed. These concepts are used to estimate the Hausdorff dimension of Julia sets. In Chapters~6-9 the authors treat holomorphic dynamics of several complex variables, in particular, dynamics of polynomial automorphisms of \(\mathbb C^2\). After summarizing the fundamental results concerning holomorphic functions, maps and \(1\)-forms of several complex variables, they give the normal forms for holomorphic maps of two complex variables in a neighborhood of an attracting fixed point. Then they apply this result to construct Fatou-Bieberbach domains of holomorphic automorphisms of \(\mathbb C^2\). Also fixed points of saddle type are treated. Chapter~7 is devoted to the study of holomorphic automorphisms of \(\mathbb C^2\) defined by polynomials, in particular, generalized Hénon maps, which are the most fundamental and essential among all polynomial automorphisms of \(\mathbb C^2\). In the last two chapters the authors develop the pluripotential theoretic method of the study of dynamics on \(\mathbb C^2\) of polynomial automorphisms.

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