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Computability properties of hyperbolic complex H\'{e}non maps

Dynamical Systems 2026-05-27 v1

Abstract

In this article, we provide the first theoretical framework guaranteeing that computers can, in principle, be used to analyze the parameter space of complex H\'{e}maps. More precisely, we obtain computability results for hyperbolic polynomial diffeomorphisms of C2\mathbb{C}^2, for which H\'{e}non maps are prototypical examples. Specifically, we establish computability of the Julia set for hyperbolic maps, semi-decidability of hyperbolicity, and lower computability of the hyperbolicity locus in the parameter space of generalized H\'{e}non mappings of fixed degree at least two. Our approach builds upon techniques developed in our's recent previous works on polynomial maps of C\mathbb{C} and polynomial skew products of C2\mathbb{C}^2. In the setting of polynomial diffeomorphisms of C2\mathbb{C}^2, however, establishing hyperbolicity for the Julia set is considerably more difficult, as it requires identifying unstable (and stable) cone fields that are preserved and expanded by DfDf (respectively Df1Df^{-1}), and also due to the lack of algorithmically detectable quantitative shadowing.

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@article{arxiv.2605.26306,
  title  = {Computability properties of hyperbolic complex H\'{e}non maps},
  author = {Suzanne Boyd and Christian Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.26306},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages, 2 figures