The Boundedness Locus and baby Mandelbrot sets for some generalized McMullen maps

Abstract: In this paper we study rational functions of the form

R_{n, a, c} (z) = z^{n} + d f r a c a z^{n} + c,

with

n

fixed and at least

3

, and hold either

a

or

c

fixed while the other varies. We locate some homeomorphic copies of the Mandelbrot set in the

c

-parameter plane for certain ranges of

a

, as well as in the

a

-plane for some

c

-ranges. We use techniques first introduced by Douady and Hubbard, that were applied for the subfamily

R_{n, a, 0}

by Robert Devaney. These techniques involve polynomial-like maps of degree two.

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