Chaos in Dynamics of a Family of Transcendental Meromorphic Functions

Abstract: The characterization and properties of Julia sets of one parameter family of transcendental meromorphic functions $\zeta_\lambda(z)=\lambda \frac{z}{z+1} e^{-z}$, $\lambda >0$, $z\in \mathbb{C}$ is investigated in the present paper. It is found that bifurcations in the dynamics of $\zeta_\lambda(x)$, $x\in {\mathbb{R}}\setminus {-1}$, occur at several parameter values and the dynamics of the family becomes chaotic when the parameter $\lambda$ crosses certain values. The Lyapunov exponent of $\zeta_\lambda(x)$ for certain values of the parameter $\lambda$ is computed for quantifying the chaos in its dynamics. The characterization of the Julia set of the function $\zeta_\lambda(z)$ as complement of the basin of attraction of an attracting real fixed point of $\zeta_\lambda(z)$ is found here and is applied to computationally simulate the images of the Julia sets of $\zeta_\lambda(z)$. Further, it is established that the Julia set of $\zeta_\lambda(z)$ for $\lambda>(\sqrt{2}+1) e^{\sqrt{2}}$ contains the complement of attracting periodic orbits of $\zeta_\lambda(x)$. Finally, the results on the dynamics of functions $\lambda \tan z$, $\lambda \in {\mathbb{\hat{C}}}\setminus{0}$, $E_{\lambda}(z) = \lambda \frac{e^{z} -1}{z}$, $\lambda > 0$ and $f_{\lambda}=\lambda f(z)$, $\lambda>0$, where $f(z)$ has certain properties, are compared with the results found in the present paper.