Herman rings with small periods and omitted values

All possible arrangements of cycles of three periodic as well as four periodic Herman rings of transcendental meromorphic functions having at least one omitted value are determined. It is shown that if p = 3 or 4, then the number of p-cycles of Herman rings is at most one. We have also proved a result about the non-existence of a 3-cycle and a 4-cycle of Herman rings simultaneously. Finally some examples of functions having no Herman ring are discussed.     

A decomposition theorem for Herman maps

In 1980s, Thurston established a topological characterization theorem for postcritically finite rational maps. In this paper, a decomposition theorem for a class of postcritically infinite branched covering termed Herman map is developed. It's shown that every Herman map can be decomposed along a stable multicurve into finitely many Siegel maps and Thurston maps, such that the combinations and rational realizations of these resulting maps essentially dominate the original one. This result is motivated by a non-expanding version of McMullen's problem, and Thurston's theory on characterization of rational maps. It enables us to prove a Thurston-type theorem for rational maps with Herman rings.     

On the configuration of Herman rings of meromorphic functions

We prove some results concerning the possible configurations of Herman rings for transcendental meromorphic functions. We show that one pole is enough to obtain cycles of Herman rings of arbitrary period and give a sufficient condition for a configuration to be realizable.     

Ramanujan and coefficients of meromorphic modular forms

The study of Fourier coefficients of meromorphic modular forms dates back to Ramanujan, who, together with Hardy, studied the reciprocal of the weight 6 Eisenstein series. Ramanujan conjectured a number of further identities for other meromorphic modular forms and quasi-modular forms which were subsequently established by Berndt, Bialek, and Yee. In this paper, we place these identities into the context of a larger family by making use of Poincaré series introduced by Petersson and a new family of Poincaré series which we construct here and which are of independent interest. In addition we establish a number of new explicit identities. In particular, we give the first examples of Fourier expansions for meromorphic modular form with third-order poles and quasi-meromorphic modular forms with second-order poles.     

Gibbs state for some class of meromorphic functions

This paper is a continuation of our earlier works [1,2] on the fractal structure of expanding and subexpanding meromorphic functions of the form F = H o exp o Q, where H and Q are non-constant rational maps. Under some assumptions on the forward trajectories of asymptotic values ofF we define a class of summable potentials for the maps f of the punctured cylinder induced by F. We prove the existence and uniqueness of Gibbs states for these potentials.     

Ergodic Properties and Julia Sets of Weierstrass Elliptic Functions

 We discuss properties of the Julia and Fatou sets of Weierstrass elliptic ℘ functions arising from real lattices. We give sufficient conditions for the Julia sets to be the whole sphere and for the maps to be ergodic, exact, and conservative. We also give examples for which the Julia set is not the whole sphere. Received September 4, 2001; in revised form March 26, 2002     

Interaction cohomology of forward or backward self-similar systems

We investigate the dynamics of forward or backward self-similar systems (iterated function systems) and the topological structure of their invariant sets. We define a new cohomology theory (interaction cohomology) for forward or backward self-similar systems. We show that under certain conditions, the space of connected components of the invariant set is isomorphic to the inverse limit of the spaces of connected components of the realizations of the nerves of finite coverings U of the invariant set, where each U consists of (backward) images of the invariant set under elements of finite word length. We give a criterion for the invariant set to be connected. Moreover, we give a sufficient condition for the first cohomology group to have infinite rank. As an application, we obtain many results on the dynamics of semigroups of polynomials. Moreover, we define postunbranched systems and we investigate the interaction cohomology groups of such systems. Many examples are given.     

On the Simple Connectivity of Fatou Components

We shall show that for certain holomorphic maps, all Fatou components are simply connected. We also discuss the relation between wandering domains and singularities for certain meromorphic maps. Received May 8, 2002, Accepted May 24, 2002     

关于一类常微分方程亚纯解的存在性

本文运用Ｎｅｖａｎｌｉｎｎａ值分布理论，解决了具一项控制系数Ｐｎ或Ｐｏ的微分方程亚纯解的存在性与可能的个数问题．同时举例说明所给结果是精确的．本文完善了Ｇ．Ｇｕｎｄｅｒｓｅｎ和Ｉ．Ｌａｉｎｅ等人的工作．     

All harmonic 2-spheres in the unitary group, completely explicitly

We give a completely explicit formula for all harmonic maps of finite uniton number from a Riemann surface to the unitary group U(n) in any dimension, and so all harmonic maps from the 2-sphere, in terms of freely chosen meromorphic functions on the surface and their derivatives, using only combinations of projections and avoiding the usual ${\bar{\partial}}We give a completely explicit formula for all harmonic maps of finite uniton number from a Riemann surface to the unitary group U(n) in any dimension, and so all harmonic maps from the 2-sphere, in terms of freely chosen meromorphic functions on the surface and their derivatives, using only combinations of projections and avoiding the usual [`(?)]{\bar{\partial}} -problems or loop group factorizations. We interpret our constructions using Segal’s Grassmannian model, giving an explicit factorization of the algebraic loop group, and showing how to obtain harmonic maps into a Grassmannian.     

Adding machines and endpoints

In this paper we consider continuous maps on graphs. We give sufficient conditions for a point in the inverse limit space to be a local endpoint in terms of the dynamics of f. In particular we explore the relationship between the existence of adding machine dynamics and local endpoints.     

Renormalization and conjugacy of piecewise linear Lorenz maps

We investigate the uniform piecewise linearizing question for a family of Lorenz maps. Let f be a piecewise linear Lorenz map with different slopes and positive topological entropy, we show that f is conjugate to a linear mod one transformation and the conjugacy admits a dichotomy: it is either bi-Lipschitz or singular depending on whether f is renormalizable or not. f is renormalizable if and only if its rotation interval degenerates to be a rational point. Furthermore, if the endpoints are periodic points with the same rotation number, then the conjugacy is quasisymmetric.     

Equidistribution for meromorphic transforms and the dd~c-method

In this paper we give an introduction to the notion of meromorphic transform. We describe some equidistribution problems and their solution, using the ddc-method. In particular, we give some statistical properties of the equilibrium measure for meromorphic maps on compact Kahler manifolds: K-mixing, exponential decay of correlations and central limit theorem.     

ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF JULIA SETS OF HOLOMORPHIC MAPS

In 1965 Baker first considered the distribution of Julia sets of transcendental entire maps and proved that the Julia set of an entire map cannot be contained in any finite set of straight lines. In this paper we shall consider the distribution problem of Julia sets of meromorphic maps. We shall show that the Julia set of a transcendental meromorphic map with at most finitely many poles cannot be contained in any finite set of straight lines.Meanwhile, examples show that the Julia sets of meromorphic maps with infinitely many poles may indeed be contained in straight lines. Moreover, we shall show that the Julia set of a transcendental analytic self-map of C* can neither contain a free Jordan arc nor be contained in any finite set of straight lines.     

Sharkovsky’s program for the classification of triangular maps is almost completed

For a continuous map of the interval, there are more than 50 conditions characterizing zero topological entropy. Some are applicable to the class of triangular maps (x,y)?(f(x),g_x(y)) of the square, but only a few of them are equivalent in this more general setting. In 1989, A.N. Sharkovsky posed the problem of proving or disproving all possible implications between them. During last 20 years, 32 conditions were considered, and most of the work was done. Only 45 relations out of 992 remained not clear. In this paper we give a survey of known results, provide two new examples disproving another 26 possible implications, and spell out the remaining 19 open problems; all but one concern distributional chaos.     

Periodic Fatou Components of Meromorphic Functions

In iteration theory of rational functions, it is well knownthat any Fatou component is mapped onto another in an n-to-1manner, and that periodic components are simply, doubly or infinitelyconnected. For meromorphic functions, the situation is much more complicated.Using Ahlfors' theory of covering surfaces, we prove that Fatoucomponents are mapped ‘nearly’ onto others, andthat periodic components are again simply, doubly or infinitelyconnected. Instead of considering meromorphic functions withonly one essential singularity, we allow countable sets of singularitiesand partly even sets of logarithmic capacity zero. It remains open whether doubly connected periodic componentsof meromorphic functions with only one singularity are necessarilyHerman rings (as holds for rational functions). However, thereis a function with two singularities and a doubly connectedperiodic component which is not an Herman ring. 1991 MathematicsSubject Classification 30D05, 30D30.     

Equidistribution for meromorphic transforms and the dd<Superscript>c</Superscript>-method

In this paper we give an introduction to the notion of meromorphic transform. We describe some equidistribution problems and their solution, using the dd^c-method. In particular, we give some statistical properties of the equilibrium measure for meromorphic maps on compact Kähler manifolds: K-mixing, exponential decay of correlations and central limit theorem.     

Interpolation Problems for Vector Bundles on Algebraic Curves

In this paper we study meromorphic maps between vector bundles on a Riemann surface. We are mainly interested in stable vector bundles. For a huge number of numerical data we prove the existence of a meromorphic map between two vector bundles with a prescribed number of zeroes and a prescribed number of poles.     

On freely decomposable maps

Freely decomposable and strongly freely decomposable maps were introduced by G.R. Gordh and C.B. Hughes as a generalization of monotone maps with the property that these maps preserve local connectedness in inverse limits. We study further these types of maps, generalize some of the results by Gordh and Hughes and present examples showing that no further generalization is possible.