On generalized embeddability of a non-elliptic self-map

Abstract

We study the structure of the centralizer of a non-elliptic holomorphic self-map of the unit disc and its relation with continuous dynamical structures. We prove that if the identity is not isolated in the centralizer of a non-elliptic self-map $φ\in \mathrm{Hol}(\mathbb D)$, then $φ$ is univalent and its centralizer contains a non-trivial continuous one-parameter semigroup of holomorphic self-maps. This result provides a general criterion for the existence of continuous dynamics arising from discrete iteration. Our approach is based on the theory of holomorphic models and on simultaneous linearization techniques for commuting self-maps. In particular, we exploit recent developments on simultaneous linearization for parabolic self-maps with positive hyperbolic step. As a consequence, we obtain new sufficient conditions for the embeddability of holomorphic self-maps into continuous semigroups.