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A sharp growth condition for a fast escaping spider's web

Dynamical Systems 2012-08-17 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

We show that the fast escaping set A(f)A(f) of a transcendental entire function ff has a structure known as a spider's web whenever the maximum modulus of ff grows below a certain rate. We give examples of entire functions for which the fast escaping set is not a spider's web which show that this growth rate is best possible. By our earlier results, these are the first examples for which the escaping set has a spider's web structure but the fast escaping set does not. These results give new insight into a conjecture of Baker and a conjecture of Eremenko.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1208.3371,
  title  = {A sharp growth condition for a fast escaping spider's web},
  author = {P. J. Rippon and G. M. Stallard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.3371},
  year   = {2012}
}
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