Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics, 216 Milner Hall, 4th and 11th of November 2009, 3:00-3:50

Groups and Dynamics Seminar


Simplicial approximations of Julia sets

Volodymyr Nekrashevych of Texas A&M University


We will show that the Julia set of any expanding map is an inverse limit of a sequence of simplicial complexes, which are constructed by a recurrent combinatorial "cut-and-paste" rule. The construction is a generalization of such low-dimensional objects as Hubbard trees or subdivision rules. Our construction can be applied to the study of Julia set of maps in several variables. Some examples will be presented.