# we-solve research prompt: Math-3826, Bounded wandering domains of entire functions

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/bounded-wandering-domains-of-entire-functions/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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\section{Bounded wandering domains of entire functions}\label{3700004}
{\small\sffamily UnsolvedMath ID 3700004 · Dynamical Systems}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}

\paragraph{Shared notation.}$\mathbb N=\{1,2,\ldots\}$, and $\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$ denote the integers, rationals, reals and complex numbers. Any other conventions are specified locally.


For a nonlinear entire function $f:\mathbb C\to\mathbb C$, its Fatou set is the open set on which the iterates $\{f^n:n\ge0\}$ form a normal family for locally uniform convergence in the spherical metric. Let $D$ be a connected component of that set. A constant limit function is a value $c\in\widehat{\mathbb C}$ for which some subsequence $f^{n_k}$ tends locally uniformly on $D$ to the constant $c$, with $n_k\to\infty$. Suppose every subsequential limit function on $D$ is constant, and put
\[
\mathcal L(D)=\{c\in\widehat{\mathbb C}: f^{n_k}|_D\longrightarrow c\text{ locally uniformly for some }n_k\to\infty\}.
\]
A component is wandering if the Fatou components containing $f^n(D)$ are pairwise distinct. Boundedness of $\mathcal L(D)$ means $\mathcal L(D)\subset\mathbb C$ and $\sup_{c\in\mathcal L(D)}|c|<\infty$, so infinity is excluded.
\paragraph{Statement recorded in the supplied source.}
Can $\mathcal L(D)$ be both infinite and bounded? Equivalently in the author's formulation, can there be a nonempty open subdomain $U\subset D$ of a wandering component whose forward images remain in a bounded subset of $\mathbb C$?

The September 2026 paper of Drach, Pardo-Simón and Učakar states a negative answer in Theorem B: for every point $z$ of a wandering component of a transcendental meromorphic function, $\limsup_{n\to\infty}|f^n(z)|=\infty$. Its historical discussion explicitly identifies the infinite bounded constant-limit-set question. \sref{3700004}{2} \sref{3700004}{3}
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can an entire function have a Fatou component with infinitely many constant subsequential limits, all in a bounded part of the plane? The cited 2026 theorem reports that bounded wandering orbits do not occur.
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\item[\hypertarget{source:3700004:1}{S1}] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, UnsolvedMath: A Curated Collection of Open Mathematics Problems, record 3700004 (AMR-036-0004). CC BY 4.0. \url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[\hypertarget{source:3700004:2}{S2}] Ben Bielefeld and Mikhail Lyubich (editors); Alexandre Eremenko and Mikhail Lyubich (problem authors), Problems in Holomorphic Dynamics (1992), Eremenko–Lyubich, Wandering Domains for Holomorphic Maps, Question 1, pp.39–40. \url{https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9205209}.
\item[\hypertarget{source:3700004:3}{S3}] Kostiantyn Drach, Leticia Pardo-Simón and Beno Učakar, Bounded-orbit wandering domains do not exist (2026), Theorems A,B; Remark 1.1; §1.1, pp.1–3. \url{https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30103}.
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-036-0004

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3700004
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)