Connectedness characterisation of template Mandelbrot sets

Let sL({0,1}){\bf s} \in {\cal L}(\{0,1\}) be a symbolic template, and let (c0,c1)C2(c_0,c_1) \in \mathbb{C}^2. The fixed-template Mandelbrot set is

Ms={(c0,c1)C2  \slash  os(0) is bounded},{\cal M}_{\bf s}=\{(c_0,c_1)\in\mathbb{C}^2\;\slash\;o_{\bf s}(0)\text{ is bounded}\},

and the fixed-map Mandelbrot set is

Mc0,c1={sL({0,1})  \slash  os(0) is bounded}.{\cal M}_{\bf c_0,c_1}=\{{\bf s}\in{\cal L}(\{0,1\})\;\slash\;o_{\bf s}(0)\text{ is bounded}\}.

Here Jc0,c1(s)J_{c_0,c_1}({\bf s}) denotes the corresponding template Julia set. Connectedness conjecture. For every template s{\bf s},

Ms={(c0,c1)C2  \slash  Jc0,c1(s) is connected},{\cal M}_{\bf s}=\{(c_0,c_1)\in\mathbb{C}^2\;\slash\;J_{c_0,c_1}({\bf s})\text{ is connected}\},

and, for every (c0,c1)C2(c_0,c_1)\in\mathbb{C}^2,

Mc0,c1={sL({0,1})  \slash  Jc0,c1(s) is connected}.{\cal M}_{\bf c_0,c_1}=\{{\bf s}\in{\cal L}(\{0,1\})\;\slash\;J_{c_0,c_1}({\bf s})\text{ is connected}\}.

This proposes the analogue of the classical relation between the Mandelbrot set and connectedness of Julia sets for template iterations. The source presents it as a question following discussion of the failure of one classical implication, and gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Anca Radulescu and Ariel Pignatelli, “Symbolic template iterations of complex quadratic maps”, arXiv:1503.05775 (2015).

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