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Thurston equivalence for rational maps with clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2012

THOMAS SHARLAND
THOMAS SHARLAND*
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK (email: tomkhfc@hotmail.com)
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Abstract

We investigate rational maps with period-one and period-two cluster cycles. Given the definition of a cluster, we show that, in the case where the degree is $d$ and the cluster is fixed, the Thurston class of a rational map is fixed by the combinatorial rotation number $\rho $ and the critical displacement $\delta $of the cluster cycle. The same result will also be proved in the case where the rational map is quadratic and has a period-two cluster cycle, and we will also show that the statement is no longer true in the higher-degree case.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 1178 - 1198
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Copyright © 2012 Cambridge University Press 

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