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We consider the dynamics of a transcendental meromorphic function f(z) with only finitely many poles and prove that if f has only finitely many weakly repelling fixed points, then there is no multiply-connected wandering domain in its Fatou set.
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Qiu, L., Wu, S. Weakly repelling fixed points and multiply-connected wandering domains of meromorphic functions. SCI CHINA SER A 49, 267–276 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-005-0173-3
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