Connectedness conjecture for the multi-Mandelbrot set

Let D(2)\mathbb{D}(2) be the disc of radius 22 centered at the origin, and let ϕc0,c1\phi_{c_0,c_1} denote the template-iteration map associated with the parameter pair (c0,c1)(c_0,c_1). The multi-Mandelbrot set is

MM={(c0,c1)D2(2), such that ϕc0,c1(1)=1}.{\cal MM} = \{ (c_0,c_1) \in \mathbb{D}^2(2),\ \text{such that } \phi_{c_0,c_1}(1) =1 \}.

Multi-Mandelbrot connectedness conjecture. The set MM{\cal MM} is a connected set in C4\mathbb{C}^4.

The set MM{\cal MM} is described as the set of all infinitely well-behaved parameter pairs in D(2)×D(2)\mathbb{D}(2) \times \mathbb{D}(2). The paper notes that three-dimensional slices of the finite approximations need not be connected, while leaving the connectedness of the full set unresolved.

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Anca Radulescu, Kelsey Butera and Brandee Williams, “Template iterations of quadratic maps and hybrid Mandelbrot sets”, arXiv:1609.03949 (2020).

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