Extremal rate of convergence in discrete hyperbolic and parabolic dynamics

Abstract

This paper investigates the dynamical behaviour of holomorphic self-maps of the upper half-plane. More precisely, we focus on the hyperbolic and parabolic self-maps whose orbits approach the Denjoy--Wolff point with the slowest possible rate. We characterize self-maps of such extremal rate using various tools, like the Herglotz representation, the conformality of the Koenigs function at the Denjoy--Wolff point and the hyperbolic distance.