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Blaschke-type models for multimodal circle maps

Dynamical Systems 2026-05-08 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

For each integer m1m \geq 1, we construct a finite-dimensional family of rational maps, given by Blaschke-type products, whose restriction to the unit circle consists of 2m2m-multimodal maps. We show that every post-critically finite 2m2m-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}
}

Comments

24 pages, 2 figures

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