LIMITING JULIA SETS FOR SINGULARLY PERTURBED RATIONAL MAPS

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the family of rational maps given by [Formula: see text] where n ≥ 2, and λ is a complex parameter. When λ = 0 the Julia set is the unit circle, as is well known. But as soon as λ is nonzero, the Julia set explodes. We show that, as λ tends to the origin along n - 1 special rays in the parameter plane, the Julia set of F λ converges to the closed unit disk. This is somewhat unexpected, since it is also known that, if a Julia set contains an open set, it must be the entire Riemann sphere.