Singular separatrix splitting and the Melnikov method: An experimental study.
We are interested in deformations of Baker domains by a pinching process in curves. In this paper we deform the Fatou function , depending on the curves selected, to any map of the form , p/q a rational number. This process deforms a function with a doubly parabolic Baker domain into a function with an infinite number of doubly parabolic periodic Baker domains if p = 0, otherwise to a function with wandering domains. Finally, we show that certain attracting domains can be deformed by a pinching...