Periodic points and smooth rays

Let P : C → C P: \mathbb {C} \to \mathbb {C} be a polynomial map with disconnected filled Julia set K P K_P and let z 0 z_0 be a repelling or parabolic periodic point of P P . We show that if the connected component of K P K_P containing z 0 z_0 is non-degenerate, then z 0 z_0 is the landing point of at least one smooth external ray. The statement is optimal in the sense that all but one cycle of rays landing at z 0 z_0 may be broken.

A landing theorem for entire functions with bounded post-singular sets

The Douady-Hubbard landing theorem for periodic external rays is one of the cornerstones of the study of polynomial dynamics. It states that, for a complex polynomial f with bounded postcritical set, every periodic external ray lands at a repelling or parabolic periodic point, and conversely every repelling or parabolic point is the landing point of at least one periodic external ray. We prove an analogue of this theorem for an entire function f with bounded postsingular set. If f has finite order of growth, then it is known that the escaping set I(f) contains certain curves called periodic hairs; we show that every periodic hair lands at a repelling or parabolic periodic point, and conversely every repelling or parabolic periodic point is the landing point of at least one periodic hair. For a postsingularly bounded entire function f of infinite order, such hairs may not exist. Therefore we introduce certain dynamically natural connected subsets of I(f), called dreadlocks. We show that every periodic dreadlock lands at a repelling or parabolic periodic point, and conversely every repelling or parabolic periodic point is the landing point of at least one periodic dreadlock. More generally, we prove that every point of a hyperbolic set is the landing point of a dreadlock.

A Method to Solve the Limitations in Drawing External Rays of the Mandelbrot Set

The external rays of the Mandelbrot set are a valuable graphic tool in order to study this set. They are drawn using computer programs starting from the Böttcher coordinate. However, the drawing of an external ray cannot be completed because it reaches a point from which the drawing tool cannot continue drawing. This point is influenced by the resolution of the standard for floating-point computation used by the drawing program. The IEEE 754 Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic is the most widely used standard for floating-point computation, and we analyze the possibilities of the quadruple 128 bits format of the current IEEE 754-2008 Standard in order to draw external rays. When the drawing is not possible, due to a lack of resolution of this standard, we introduce a method to draw external rays based on the escape lines and Bézier curves.

Proposal for commercial classification of the gerbera capitulum based in the flower overlap index

The aim of this work was to propose a methodology for commercial classification of gerbera´s capitulum based on the trans flowers overlap coefficient. Three to eight capitula of twenty-eight cultivars of gerbera cut flower and seven non-commercial accesses were used. The width measurement of the trans flowers group (internal ray flower) as well as the sum of the width of the trans and ray flowers (external ray flower) groups were taken from each capitulum. The average of each access and the overlap coefficient were calculated (CS = width of the trans flowers group / Σ of the width of the trans and ray flowers groups) and submitted to the multivariate analysis, to verify the grouping by the average Euclidian distance matrix. It is proposed that gerberas with CS= 0.01 to 0.15 be classified as simple, CS= 0.16 to 0.40 as semi-double and CS superior to 0.41 as double. The overlap coefficient (CS) can be used to systematize the classification of the gerbera capitula, reducing the divergences in the classification and the subjectivity in the decisions of producers, florists and breeders.

Describing quadratic Cremer point polynomials by parabolic perturbations

We describe two infinite-order parabolic perturbation procedures yielding quadratic polynomials having a Cremer fixed point. The main idea is to obtain the polynomial as the limit of repeated parabolic perturbations. The basic tool at each step is to control the behaviour of certain external rays.Polynomials of the Cremer type correspond to parameters at the boundary of a hyperbolic component of the Mandelbrot set. In this paper we concentrate on the main cardioid component. We investigate the differences between two-sided (i.e. alternating) and one-sided parabolic perturbations.In the two-sided case, we prove the existence of polynomials having an explicitly given external ray accumulating both at the Cremer point and at its non-periodic preimage. We think of the Julia set as containing a ‘topologist's double comb’.In the one-sided case we prove a weaker result: the existence of polynomials having an explicitly given external ray accumulating at the Cremer point, but having in the impression of the ray both the Cremer point and its other preimage. We think of the Julia set as containing a ‘topologist's single comb’.By tuning, similar results hold on the boundary of any hyperbolic component of the Mandelbrot set.

Accumulation theorems for quadratic polynomials

We consider the one-parameter family of quadratic polynomials:i.e. monic centered quadratic polynomials with an indifferent fixed point αtand prefixed point −αt. LetAt, be any one of the sets {0, ±αt}, {±αt}, {0, αt}, or {0, −αt}. Then we prove that for quadratic Julia sets corresponding to aGδ-dense subset ofthere is an explicitly given external ray accumulating onAt. In the caseAt= {±αt} the theorem is known as theDouady accumulation theorem.Corollaries are the non-local connectivity of these Julia sets and the fact that all such Julia sets contain a Cremer point. Existence of non-locally connected quadratic Julia sets of Hausdorff dimension two is derived by using a recent result of Shishikura. By tuning, the results hold on the boundary of any hyperbolic component of the Mandelbrot set.Finally, we concentrate on quadratic Cremer point polynomials. Here we prove that any ray accumulating on two symmetrical points of the Julia set must accumulate the origin. As a consequence, the denseGδsets arising from the first two possible choices ofAtare the same. We also prove that, if two distinct rays accumulate both to two distinct points, then the rays must accumulate on a common continuum joining the two points. This supports the conjecture that αtand –αtmay be joined by an arc in the Julia set.