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A simple proof of Sullivan's complex bounds

Dynamical Systems 2026-01-30 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

About 35 years ago Dennis Sullivan proved a precompactness property ("complex bounds") for infinitely renormalizable real quadratic polynomials with bounded combinatorics. We present a simple "soft" proof of this remarkable result.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2601.21326,
  title  = {A simple proof of Sullivan's complex bounds},
  author = {Genadi Levin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21326},
  year   = {2026}
}
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