For a post-critically finite hyperbolic rational map f, we show that the Julia set Jf has Ahlfors-regular conformal dimension one if and only if f is a crochet map, i.e., there is an f-invariant graph G containing the post-critical set such that f|G has topological entropy zero. We use finite subdivision rules to obtain graph virtual endomorphisms, which are 1-dimensional simplifications of post-critically finite rational maps, and approximate the asymptotic conformal energies of the graph virtual endomorphisms to estimate the Ahlfors-regular conformal dimensions. In particular, we develop an idea of reducing finite subdivision rules and prove the monotonicity of asymptotic conformal energies under the decomposition of rational maps.

arXiv:2407.18441