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Almost Every Real Quadratic Polynomial has a Poly-time Computable Julia Set

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We prove that Collet–Eckmann rational maps have poly-time computable Julia sets. As a consequence, almost all real quadratic Julia sets are poly-time.

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Communicated by Stephen Cook.

Michael Yampolsky was partially supported by NSERC Discovery Grant.

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Dudko, A., Yampolsky, M. Almost Every Real Quadratic Polynomial has a Poly-time Computable Julia Set. Found Comput Math 18, 1233–1243 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-017-9367-7

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