Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2009
Let ℳ={f(z)=(zm/sinh m z) for z∈ℂ∣ either m or m/2 is an odd natural number}. For each f∈ℳ, the set of singularities of the inverse function of f is an unbounded subset of the real line ℝ. In this paper, the iteration of functions in one-parameter family 𝒮={fλ(z)=λf(z)∣λ∈ℝ∖{0}} is investigated for each f∈ℳ. It is shown that, for each f∈ℳ, there is a critical parameter λ*>0 depending on f such that a period-doubling bifurcation occurs in the dynamics of functions fλ in 𝒮 when the parameter |λ| passes through λ*. The non-existence of Baker domains and wandering domains in the Fatou set of fλ is proved. Further, it is shown that the Fatou set of fλ is infinitely connected for 0<∣λ∣≤λ* whereas for ∣λ∣≥λ*, the Fatou set of fλ consists of infinitely many components and each component is simply connected.