Parameter self-similarity conjecture for critical quasicircle maps

Let d0d_0 and dd_\infty be the local degrees of the critical fixed points at 00 and \infty, respectively, and let {Fc}cC\{F_c\}_{c\in\mathbb{C}^*} be the one-parameter family of rational maps of degree d0+d1d_0+d_\infty-1 with those critical fixed points and a full-degree critical point at 11 satisfying Fc(1)=cF_c(1)=c. For each θIrratPer\theta\in\operatorname{IrratPer}, let c(θ)c(\theta) be the parameter for which Fc(θ)F_{c(\theta)} admits an invariant quasicircle through 11 with rotation number θ\theta. Parameter self-similarity conjecture. For every θIrratPer\theta\in\operatorname{IrratPer}, the bifurcation locus of {Fc}cC\{F_c\}_{c\in\mathbb{C}^*} is asymptotically self-similar at c(θ)c(\theta), with a universal self-similarity factor depending only on (d0,d,θ)(d_0,d_\infty,\theta). Computer pictures suggest this phenomenon, but no general proof is given; it remains open.

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Willie Rush Lim, “Hyperbolicity of renormalization of critical quasicircle maps”, arXiv:2405.09008 (2026).

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