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Explicit Rational Functions Whose Julia Sets are Jordan Arcs
Institut für Analysis, Universität Linz Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria, clemensinninger{at}hotmail.com
Institut für Analysis, Universität Linz Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria, franz.peherstorfer{at}jku.at
Received 4 February 2002. Revision received 27 August 2003.
A class of rational functions and sufficient conditions on it such that the Julia set is a Jordan arc, respectively no Jordan arc, are introduced. Further, it is shown that any rational function which has a Jordan arc as Julia set belongs up to Möbius conjugation to this class.