In this paper, we study the dynamics of the family of rational maps fλ,（z） = zn - λ/zm, n ≥2, m ≥ 1,λ ∈ C. We construct an example of buried Sierpinski curve Julia set in this family. We also give an estimate of the location of bifurcation locus of fλ.
We shall prove the equivalences of a non-degenerate circle-preserving map and a M(o)bius transformation in ^Rn, of a non-degenerate geodesic-preserving map and an isometry in Hn of a non-degenerate line-preserving map and an affine transformation in Rn. That a map is non-degenerate means that the image of the whole space under the map is not a circle, or geodesic or line respectively. These results hold without either injective or surjective, or even continuous assumptions, which are new and of a fundamental nature in geometry.
LI Baokui & WANG Yuefei Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
