A class of Newton maps with Julia sets of Lebesgue measure zero

Abstract

AbstractLet $$g(z)=\int _0^zp(t)\exp (q(t))\,dt+c$$ g ( z ) = ∫ 0 z p ( t ) exp ( q ( t ) ) d t + c where p, q are polynomials and $$c\in {\mathbb {C}}$$ c ∈ C , and let f be the function from Newton’s method for g. We show that under suitable assumptions on the zeros of $$g''$$ g ′ ′ the Julia set of f has Lebesgue measure zero. Together with a theorem by Bergweiler, our result implies that $$f^n(z)$$ f n ( z ) converges to zeros of g almost everywhere in $${\mathbb {C}}$$ C if this is the case for each zero of $$g''$$ g ′ ′ that is not a zero of g or $$g'$$ g ′ . In order to prove our result, we establish general conditions ensuring that Julia sets have Lebesgue measure zero.