Slow escaping points of quasiregular mappings

W. Bergweiler proved in 1990 that the equation f∘g= Q has infinitely many solutions in the complex plane, provided f and g are transcendental entire functions and Q is a non-constant polynomial. We prove a related result, using standard notations from the Nevanlinna theory: Let f be a non-linear entire function of finite order of growth, let g be a transcendental entire function of finite lower order and let Q be a non-constant entire function such that T(r,Q)=S(r,g). If II denotes the canonical product formed with the zeros of f∘g Q, then T(r,φ) ≠ S(r,g). As an immediate consequencef∘g−Q has infinitely many zeros.

The uniqueness problems on transcendental meromorphic or entire functions sharing at least two values with their derivatives or linear differential polynomials have been studied and many results on this topic have been obtained. In this paper, we study a transcendental entire function f (z) that shares a non-zero polynomial a (z) with f′(z), together with its linear differential polynomials of the form: L[f] = a2(z)f″(z) + a3 (z)f′′′(z) + … + am (z)f(m) (z) (am (z) $\not\equiv$ 0), where the coefficients ak (z) (k = 2, 3, ..., m) are rational functions.

The study of the dynamics of polynomials is now a major field of research, with many important and elegant results. The study of entire functions that are not polynomials – in other words transcendental entire functions – is somewhat less advanced, in part due to certain technical differences compared to polynomial or rational dynamics.In this paper we survey the dynamics of functions in the Eremenko-Lyubich class,B\mathcal {B}. Among transcendental entire functions, those in this class have properties that make their dynamics most “similar” to the dynamics of a polynomial, and so particularly accessible to detailed study. Many authors have worked in this field, and the dynamics of classB\mathcal {B}functions is now particularly well-understood and well-developed. There are many striking and unexpected results. Several powerful tools and techniques have been developed to help progress this work. There is also an increasing expectation that learning new results in transcendental dynamics will lead to a better understanding of the polynomial and rational cases.We consider the fundamentals of this field, review some of the most important results, techniques and ideas, and give stepping-stones to deeper inquiry.

We give a method for constructing transcendental entire functions with good control of both the singular values of f and the geometry of f. Among other applications, we construct a function f with bounded singular set, whose Fatou set contains a wandering domain.

We introduce a new technique that allows us to make progress on two long standing conjectures in transcendental dynamics: Baker's conjecture that a transcendental entire function of order less than 1/2 has no unbounded Fatou components, and Eremenko's conjecture that all the components of the escaping set of an entire function are unbounded. We show that both conjectures hold for many transcendental entire functions whose zeros all lie on the negative real axis, in particular those of order less than 1/2. Our proofs use a classical distortion theorem based on contraction of the hyperbolic metric, together with new results which show that the images of certain curves must wind many times round the origin.

The link on extraneous non-repelling cycles of Schröder's methods of the first and second kind

we use symbolic dynamics to describe the set of allowable itineraries of orbits of the complex exponential family λexp(z). First, we show that the set of allowable itineraries is the same for every member of this family. We then show that the set of itineraries is the same for every map of finite exponential order. In addition, we study other transcendental entire functions, and show that they also have the same set of itineraries. Finally, we give an example of a class of functions with a different set of itineraries.

Let f and F be transcendental entire functions. We are concerned with a growth estimate of F ∘ f when F satisfies the condition $$\log M(r,F)=K(\log r)^p(1+O(1)),$$ where K is a positive constant and p > 1. It is shown that $$\log\log M(r,F(f))=p\log\log M(r,f)(1+O(1)).$$ We give an application to a certain functional equation.

In this paper, we study the uniqueness questions of finite order transcendental entire functions and their difference operators sharing a set consisting of two distinct entire functions of finite smaller order. Our results in this paper improve the corresponding results from Liu (2009) and Li (2012).

Dealing with a question initiated by Liu [Meromorphic functions sharing a set with applications to difference equations, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 2009], we have investigated the situation when a finite order entire function and its shift differential operator share two sets of small functions. Our result has improved and extended the results of Chen-Chen [Entire functions sharing sets of small functions with their difference operators or shifts, Math. Slovaca, 2013] and Cui-Chen [The conjecture on unity of meromorphic functions concerning their differences, J. Difference Equ. Appl., 2016]. We have exhibited several examples relevant to the content of the paper.

A classic theorem of Polya shows that 2 z is, in a strong sense, the “smallest” transcendental entire function that is integer valued on ℕ. An analogous result of Gel’fond concerns entire functions that are integer valued on the setX a={a n:n ∈ ℕ}, wherea ∈ ℕ,|a|≥ 2. LetX=ℕ orX=X a andκ ∈ ℕ orκ=∞. This paper pursues analogous results for entire functionsf having the following property: on any finite subsetD ofX with#D≤κ+1, the valuesf(z),z ∈D admit interpolation by an element of ℤ[z]. The results obtained assert that if the growth off is suitably restricted then the restriction off toX must be a polynomial. WhenX=X a andκ<∞ a “smallest” transcendental entire function having the requisite property is constructed.

In this paper we investigate the behavior of a certain very special but nevertheless extremely important and beautiful class of dynamical systems known as entire transcendental functions. We pay special attention to the set of chaotic orbits of this system, the Julia set We show how this set may change its shape dramatically as a parameter varies, and we illustrate this by showing the computer graphics experiments which led to this discovery.

Let f be a transcendental entire function in the Eremenko–Lyubich class B. We give a lower bound for the Hausdorff dimension of the Julia set of f that depends on the growth of f. This estimate is best possible and is obtained by proving a more general result concerning the size of the escaping set of a function with a logarithmic tract.

It is proved that, for any m given distinct real numbers a1, …, am, there exist transcendental entire functions f(z) at most of order m for which all the valuesare rational integers.

The fast escaping set of a transcendental entire function is the set of all points which tend to infinity under iteration as fast as compatible with the growth of the function. We study the analogous set for quasiregular mappings in higher dimensions and show, among other things, that various equivalent definitions of the fast escaping set for transcendental entire functions in the plane also coincide for quasiregular mappings. We also exhibit a class of quasiregular mappings for which the fast escaping set has the structure of a spider's web.