# we-solve research prompt: Math-1908, Completely invariant Fatou components

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/completely-invariant-fatou-components/).

## 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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% UnsolvedMath ID 3700006; source catalogue code AMR-036-0006
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\section*{Completely invariant Fatou components}\label{3700006}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3700006 · AMR-036-0006 · Dynamical Systems · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $f:\mathbb C\to\mathbb C$ be a transcendental entire
function, meaning an entire function that is not a polynomial.
Its Fatou set $F(f)$ consists of those points with a neighborhood
on which the iterates $\{f^m:m\geq0\}$ form a normal family
in the spherical metric. A Fatou component is a maximal
connected open subset of $F(f)$.

A Fatou component $U$ is completely invariant if
\[
                      f^{-1}(U)=U.
\]
Thus $f(U)\subseteq U$, and every point whose image lies in
$U$ already belongs to $U$. This full-preimage condition is
stronger than mere forward invariance of the component.
Surjectivity onto values omitted by $f$ is not required.

What is the largest possible number of completely invariant
Fatou components of a transcendental entire function? In
particular, is that number always at most one, or can there
exist two disjoint Fatou components $U,V$ with
$f^{-1}(U)=U$ and $f^{-1}(V)=V$?
The target covers all transcendental entire functions,
without assuming finite order, finitely many singular values,
or any special topology of their Fatou components.

Any negative example to the at-most-one assertion must use
actual components of the dynamical Fatou set. Merely finding
disjoint plane domains whose preimages are connected does
not give such an example. Conversely, an upper bound must
apply uniformly to the full class of entire functions.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can a transcendental entire function have two completely invariant Fatou components?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3700006 (AMR-036-0006), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Eremenko - My favorite unsolved problems, Completely invariant domains, Problem 2. Original source indexed by AMR-036-0006.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/uns1.html}.
\item[S3] A. Eremenko, Two questions on completely invariant domains, Question 2. Author-maintained primary problem note.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/dvi/conjectures.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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## 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-3700006
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)
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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)