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Absence of bounded-orbit wandering domains
Abstract
We prove that transcendental entire functions do not have bounded-orbit wandering domains. This answers a long-standing open question. In fact, we prove a more general theorem, establishing the absence of certain wandering domains even for locally defined analytic functions. The proof is based on a recent remarkable argument of Ye, who obtained an elementary proof of Sullivan's classical theorem that rational maps do not have wandering domains.
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BibTeX
@misc{prochorov2026absence,
title = {{Absence of bounded-orbit wandering domains}},
author = {Nikolai Prochorov and Lasse Rempe and James Waterman},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.28279},
eprint = {2609.28279},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28279},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Absence of bounded-orbit wandering domains
AU - Nikolai Prochorov
AU - Lasse Rempe
AU - James Waterman
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/23
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.28279
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28279
AB - We prove that transcendental entire functions do not have bounded-orbit wandering domains. This answers a long-standing open question. In fact, we prove a more general theorem, establishing the absence of certain wandering domains even for locally defined analytic functions. The proof is based on a recent remarkable argument of Ye, who obtained an elementary proof of Sullivan's classical theorem that rational maps do not have wandering domains.
ER -