On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings

This thesis is concerned with the iterative behaviour of quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type, which form higher-dimensional analogues of transcendental meromorphic functions on the complex plane. We extend classical Julia theory and results on escaping points from complex dynamics to th...

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Main Author: Warren, Luke
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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description This thesis is concerned with the iterative behaviour of quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type, which form higher-dimensional analogues of transcendental meromorphic functions on the complex plane. We extend classical Julia theory and results on escaping points from complex dynamics to the new setting. This complements recent dynamical advancements for quasiregular mappings, which are higher-dimensional analogues of holomorphic functions on the complex plane. First, we define the Julia set for quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type and investigate its properties through two cases based on the cardinality of the backward orbit of infinity. To this end, we construct an example of a quasiregular mapping in dimension 3 with exactly one zero, subsequently showing that both cases arise. We then generalise an important growth result by Bergweiler to quasiregular mappings defined near an essential singularity. From this we show that many classical properties of the Julia set hold in our case; this includes proving a cardinality conjecture that remains open for general quasiregular mappings. Next, we study the existence of escaping and non-escaping points in the new Julia set. In particular, following work by Nicks, we show that there exist points that escape arbitrarily slowly to infinity under iteration. Moreover we prove some basic relationships between the Julia set, the escaping set, the set of points whose orbit is bounded, and the set of points whose orbit is neither bounded nor tends to infinity. Finally, motivated by the work of Bolsch, we consider a class of mappings that is closed under composition and contains all quasimeromorphic mappings. Adapting previous methods, we show that the above results for quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type continue to hold for their iterates in a natural way. We also define a generalised escaping set, consisting of points whose orbits accumulate to some essential singularities or their pullbacks, and prove some existence results regarding points with specified accumulation sets.
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spelling nottingham-605232025-02-28T12:20:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60523/ On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings Warren, Luke This thesis is concerned with the iterative behaviour of quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type, which form higher-dimensional analogues of transcendental meromorphic functions on the complex plane. We extend classical Julia theory and results on escaping points from complex dynamics to the new setting. This complements recent dynamical advancements for quasiregular mappings, which are higher-dimensional analogues of holomorphic functions on the complex plane. First, we define the Julia set for quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type and investigate its properties through two cases based on the cardinality of the backward orbit of infinity. To this end, we construct an example of a quasiregular mapping in dimension 3 with exactly one zero, subsequently showing that both cases arise. We then generalise an important growth result by Bergweiler to quasiregular mappings defined near an essential singularity. From this we show that many classical properties of the Julia set hold in our case; this includes proving a cardinality conjecture that remains open for general quasiregular mappings. Next, we study the existence of escaping and non-escaping points in the new Julia set. In particular, following work by Nicks, we show that there exist points that escape arbitrarily slowly to infinity under iteration. Moreover we prove some basic relationships between the Julia set, the escaping set, the set of points whose orbit is bounded, and the set of points whose orbit is neither bounded nor tends to infinity. Finally, motivated by the work of Bolsch, we consider a class of mappings that is closed under composition and contains all quasimeromorphic mappings. Adapting previous methods, we show that the above results for quasimeromorphic mappings of transcendental type continue to hold for their iterates in a natural way. We also define a generalised escaping set, consisting of points whose orbits accumulate to some essential singularities or their pullbacks, and prove some existence results regarding points with specified accumulation sets. 2020-07-24 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60523/1/LukeWarren-ID4273474-FinalThesis.pdf Warren, Luke (2020) On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Quasimeromorphic quasiregular iteration Julia set slow escape meromorphic escaping set
spellingShingle Quasimeromorphic
quasiregular
iteration
Julia set
slow escape
meromorphic
escaping set
Warren, Luke
On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
title On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
title_full On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
title_fullStr On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
title_full_unstemmed On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
title_short On the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
title_sort on the iteration of quasimeromorphic mappings
topic Quasimeromorphic
quasiregular
iteration
Julia set
slow escape
meromorphic
escaping set
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60523/