Complex dynamics

Complex dynamics is the study of dynamical systems defined by iteration of functions on complex number spaces. Complex analytic dynamics is the study of the dynamics of specifically analytic functions.

Techniques^[1]

• General
  • Montel's theorem
  • Poincaré metric
  • Schwarz lemma
  • Riemann mapping theorem
  • Carathéodory's theorem (conformal mapping)
• Combinatorial ^[2]
  • Hubbard trees
  • The Spider algorithm
  • Tuning
  • Laminations
  • Devil's Staircase algorithm
  • Orbit portraits

Parts

• Holomorphic dynamics ( dynamics of holomorphic functions )^[3]
  • in one complex variable
  • in several complex variables

• Conformal dynamics unites holomorphic dynamics in one complex variable with differentiable dynamics in one real variable.

See also

• Complex analysis
• John Milnor
• Complex quadratic polynomial
• Fatou set
• Julia set
• Mandelbrot set
• Chaos Theory

References

• Complex dynamics, Lennart Carleson, Theodore W. Gamelin, Springer, 1993, ISBN 9780387979427

• Holomorphic dynamics, Shunsuke Morosawa, Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 9780521662581

• Iteration of rational functions: complex analytic dynamical systems, Alan F. Beardon, Springer, 2000, ISBN 9780387951515