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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
Since 1984, many authors have studied the dynamics of maps of the form $\mathcal{E}_a(z) = e^z - a$, with
$a > 1$. It is now well-known that the Julia set of such a map has an intricate topological structure known as a Cantor bouquet, and much is known about the dynamical properties of these functions.
It is rather surprising that many of the interesting dynamical properties of the maps $\mathcal{E}_a$ actually arise from their elementary function theoretic structure, rather than as a result of analyticity. We show this by studying a large class of continuous
$\mathbb{R}^2$ maps, which, in general, are not even quasiregular, but are somehow analogous to
$\mathcal{E}_a$. We define analogues of the Fatou and the Julia set and we prove that this class has very similar dynamical properties to those of
$\mathcal{E}_a$, including the Cantor bouquet structure, which is closely related to several topological properties of the endpoints of the Julia set.
Supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant EP/R010560/1.