preprint-author: 
C. L. Petersen and S. Zakeri
preprint-title: 
On the Julia Set of a Typical Quadratic Polynomial with a Siegel disk
preprint-abstract: 

Let $0< \theta <1$ be an irrational number with continued fraction expansion $\theta=[a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots]$, and consider the quadratic polynomial $P_\theta : z \mapsto e^{2\pi i \theta} z +z^2$. By performing a trans-quasiconformal surgery on an associated Blaschke product model, we prove that if $$\log a_n = {\mathcal O} (\sqrt{n})\ \operatorname{as}\ n \to \infty ,$$ then the Julia set of $P_\theta$ is locally-connected and has Lebesgue measure zero. In particular, it follows that for almost every $0< \theta < 1$, the quadratic $P_\theta$ has a Siegel disk whose boundary is a Jordan curve passing through the critical point of $P_\theta$. By standard renormalization theory, these results generalize to the quadratics which have Siegel disks of higher periods.

preprint-year: 
2000