Douady–Hubbard local connectivity conjecture for the Mandelbrot set

Let pc(z)=z2+cp_c(z)=z^2+c be the quadratic family, let M\mathcal{M} be its Mandelbrot set, and let B=M\mathcal{B}=\partial\mathcal{M} be the quadratic bifurcation locus.

Douady–Hubbard's local connectivity conjecture. The set B\mathcal{B} is locally connected.

This is equivalent to local connectivity of the Mandelbrot set and is described in the source as a central open problem in holomorphic dynamics. It is important in part because it implies density of hyperbolicity for quadratic polynomials.

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Lasse Rempe and Dierk Schleicher, “Bifurcation Loci of Exponential Maps and Quadratic Polynomials: Local Connectivity, Triviality of Fibers, and Density of Hyperbolicity”, arXiv:0805.1658 (2008).

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