We consider the family of transcendental entire maps given by $f_a\left(z\right)=a(z-(1-a))exp(z+a)$ where a is a complex parameter. Every map has a superattracting fixed point at z = -a and an asymptotic value at z = 0. For a > 1 the Julia set of $f_a$ is known to be homeomorphic to the Sierpiński universal curve, thus containing embedded copies of any one-dimensional plane continuum. In this paper we study subcontinua of the Julia set that can be defined in a combinatorial manner. In particular, we show the existence of non-landing...

We consider a transcendental meromorphic function f belonging to the class ℬ (with bounded set of singular values). We show that if the Julia set J(f) is the whole complex plane ℂ, and the closure of the postcritical set P(f) is contained in B(0,R) ∪ {∞} and is disjoint from the set Crit(f) of critical points, then every compact and forward invariant set is hyperbolic, provided that it is disjoint from Crit(f). It is further shown, under general additional hypotheses, that f admits no measurable...

Let ℱ be a family of meromorphic functions defined in a domain D, let ψ (≢ 0, ∞) be a meromorphic function in D, and k be a positive integer. If, for every f ∈ ℱ and z ∈ D, (1) f≠ 0, $f^{\left(k\right)}\ne 0$; (2) all zeros of $f^{\left(k\right)}-\psi$ have multiplicities at least (k+2)/k; (3) all poles of ψ have multiplicities at most k, then ℱ is normal in D.