Blaschke-type models for multimodal circle maps
Abstract
For each integer , we construct a finite-dimensional family of rational maps, given by Blaschke-type products, whose restriction to the unit circle consists of -multimodal maps. We show that every post-critically finite -multimodal circle map satisfying natural dynamical conditions is topologically conjugate to a map in this family. Moreover, we prove that this realization is unique up to rotation: two maps in the family that are topologically conjugate on the circle differ by a rigid rotation. In particular, the family provides a canonical model realizing all post-critically finite combinatorics in this class. The proofs combine a detailed description of the critical geometry of these Blaschke-type maps with a Thurston-type fixed point argument for a pull-back operator on the parameter space.
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@article{arxiv.2605.05823,
title = {Blaschke-type models for multimodal circle maps},
author = {Edson de Faria and Welington de Melo and Pedro A. S. Salomão and Edson Vargas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.05823},
year = {2026}
}
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24 pages, 2 figures