Ergodic exponential maps with escaping singular behaviours
Weiwei Cui, Jun Wang
TL;DR
This work investigates ergodicity in the escaping exponential family $f_{\lambda}(z)=\lambda e^z$ by constructing a parameter for which the singular value escapes to infinity yet the map is ergodic. It develops a perturbation-based construction around post-singularly finite maps, leveraging holomorphic motions and a blowing-up property to produce an escaping limiting parameter with slowly growing real parts of the singular orbit. The main result contradicts the intuition that faster escape enforces non-ergodicity and shows ergodic escaping maps are dense in the bifurcation locus $\mathcal{B}$. The techniques shed light on the structure of the exponential parameter space and provide a framework for studying ergodicity in transcendental dynamics via perturbations and detailed singular-orbit control.
Abstract
We construct exponential maps for which the singular value tends to infinity under iterates while the maps are ergodic. This is in contrast with a result of Lyubich from 1987 which tells that $e^z$ is not ergodic.
