GEOMETRIC LIMITS OF MANDELBROT AND JULIA SETS UNDER DEGREE GROWTH

Abstract

First, for the family Pn,c(z) = zn + c, we show that the geometric limit of the Mandelbrot sets Mn(P) as n → ∞ exists and is the closed unit disk, and that the geometric limit of the Julia sets J(Pn,c) as n tends to infinity is the unit circle, at least when |c| ≠ 1. Then, we establish similar results for some generalizations of this family; namely, the maps z ↦ zt + c for real t ≥ 2 and the rational maps z ↦ zn + c + a/zn.