Polynomial shift-like maps in ℂk

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore a few properties of polynomial shift-like automorphisms of [Formula: see text] We first prove that a [Formula: see text]-shift-like polynomial map (say [Formula: see text]) degenerates essentially to a polynomial map in [Formula: see text]-dimensions as [Formula: see text] Second, we show that a shift-like map obtained by perturbing a hyperbolic polynomial (i.e. [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is sufficiently small) has finitely many Fatou components, consisting of basins of attraction of periodic points and the component at infinity.