# we-solve research prompt: Math-2155, Periodic point on a Siegel-disk boundary

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/periodic-point-on-a-siegel-disk-boundary/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 5300036; source catalogue code AMR-052-0036
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\section*{Periodic point on a Siegel-disk boundary}\label{5300036}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 5300036 · AMR-052-0036 · Dynamical Systems · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
For a rational map $R:\widehat{\mathbb C}\to\widehat{\mathbb C}$ of
degree at least two, the Fatou set is the largest open set on which
the iterates $\{R^n:n\ge0\}$ form a normal family in the spherical
metric. A Fatou component $U$ of least period $p\ge1$ is a Siegel
disk if there are a conformal bijection $h:\mathbb D\to U$ and an
irrational $\theta$ such that
\[
 R^p(h(z))=h(e^{2\pi i\theta}z)\qquad(z\in\mathbb D).
\]
Its boundary $\partial U$ is taken in the Riemann sphere.

The problem asks whether there can exist such an $R,U$ and a point
$a\in\partial U$ which is periodic for $R$:
\[
 R^q(a)=a\qquad\text{for some integer }q\ge1.
\]
The period $q$ need not initially be specified, and the map is allowed
to have any finite degree. A construction would have to prove both
that $U$ is the full Siegel Fatou component and that the periodic
point lies on its actual boundary.

The question does not concern the center $h(0)$, which is already a
periodic point inside $U$. It also does not assume that $h$ extends
continuously to the circle, that the boundary is a Jordan curve, or
that the rotation number has bounded continued-fraction entries.
Those regularity hypotheses can exclude the proposed phenomenon and
would restrict the general question. Accumulation of periodic points
near the boundary is different from a periodic point on the boundary.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can the boundary of a rational map’s Siegel disk contain a periodic point?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 5300036 (AMR-052-0036), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Stony Brook - Open Problems in Dynamical Systems, 1992, Milnor local P11. Original source indexed by AMR-052-0036.
\url{https://www.math.stonybrook.edu/open-problems-dynamical-systems}.
\item[S3] Milnor, Problems on local connectivity, Problem11, in Bielefeld–Lyubich (1992).
\url{https://www.math.stonybrook.edu/preprints/ims92-7.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-052-0036

## 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-5300036
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)
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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)
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