For $ n \ge 1 $, consider the space of affine conjugacy classes of topological cubic polynomials $ f: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C} $ with a period $ n $ ramification point. It is shown that this space is a connected topological space.
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Figure 4. On both pictures, the doted curve represents the outer boundary of $ \partial A_{ext}' $. The lightest gray regions are $ {V'_0\cup V'_1} $. The other gray regions are the complement of $ V'_0\cup V'_1 $ in $ f_0^{-1}(D) $ (left) and in $ f_1^{-1}(D) $ (right).The lines in the darker gray regions represent the preimages of $ \gamma $ by $ f_0 $ (left) and $ f_1 $ (right) where $ \gamma $ is as in Section 4.2
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Illustration of Lemma 3.1 for a topological polynomial
Illustration of the construction of the twisting loop corresponding to
Illustration of the annulus
On both pictures, the doted curve represents the outer boundary of