Dynamical properties of Weierstrass elliptic functions on square lattices

In this dissertation we prove that the Julia set of a Weierstrass elliptic function on a square lattice is connected. We further show that the parameter space contains an infinite number of Mandelbrot sets. As a consequence, this proves the existence of Siegel disks and gives a description of the bifurcation locus about super-attracting parameters corresponding to super-attracting fixed points. We conclude with a description of a family of rational maps that approximate the Weierstrass elliptic function on a square lattice.