Eliminating Thurston obstructions and controlling dynamics on curves

MaRDI QIDQ6367669zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Mario Bonk, Mikhail Hlushchanka, Annina Iseli

Publication date 14 May 2021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics of complex polynomials, rational maps, entire and meromorphic functions; Fatou and Julia sets (37F10) Combinatorics and topology in relation with holomorphic dynamical systems (37F20)

Abstract: Every Thurston map $fcolon{S}^{2}ightarrow{S}^2$ on a $2$-sphere $S^2$ induces a pull-back operation on Jordan curves $alphasubset{S}^{2}setminus{P}_f$, where $P_f$ is the postcritical set of $f$. Here the isotopy class $[f^{-1}(alpha)]$ (relative to $P_f$) only depends on the isotopy class $[alpha]$. We study this operation for Thurston maps with four postcritical points. In this case a Thurston obstruction for the map $f$ can be seen as a fixed point of the pull-back operation. We show that if a Thurston map $f$ with a hyperbolic orbifold and four postcritical points has a Thurston obstruction, then one can "blow up" suitable arcs in the underlying $2$-sphere and construct a new Thurston map $widehatf$ for which this obstruction is eliminated. We prove that no other obstruction arises and so $widehatf$ is realized by a rational map. In particular, this allows for the combinatorial construction of a large class of rational Thurston maps with four postcritical points. We also study the dynamics of the pull-back operation under iteration. We exhibit a subclass of our rational Thurston maps with four postcritical points for which we can give positive answer to the global curve attractor problem.

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