Goldberg–Milnor conjecture on perturbing parabolic polynomial cycles

Let PP be a polynomial having a parabolic cycle, and let J(P)J(P) denote its Julia set. A small perturbation of PP should convert the immediate basin of the parabolic cycle into an attracting basin, while the perturbed polynomial restricted to its Julia set is topologically conjugate to PP restricted to J(P)J(P). Goldberg–Milnor conjecture. For any polynomial PP having a parabolic cycle, the immediate basin of the parabolic cycle can be converted to be attracting by a small perturbation, and the perturbed polynomial on its Julia set is topologically conjugate to the original polynomial PP on J(P)J(P). This problem was proposed by Goldberg and Milnor. The surrounding discussion indicates that the paper's methods naturally extend to it, but does not state a resolution.

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Ning Gao, Yan Gao and Wenjuan Peng, “On the parabolic Fatou domains”, arXiv:2509.09914 (2025).

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