Area and Hausdorff dimension of Sierpiński carpet Julia sets

Abstract

We prove the existence of rational maps whose Julia sets are Sierpinski carpets having positive area. Such rational maps can be constructed such that they either contain a Cremer fixed point, a Siegel disk or are infinitely renormalizable. We also construct some Sierpinski carpet Julia sets with zero area but with Hausdorff dimension two. Moreover, for any given number $$s\in (1,2)$$, we prove the existence of Sierpinski carpet Julia sets having Hausdorff dimension exactly s.