文摘
We show that the fast escaping set of a transcendental entire function has a structure known as a spider¡¯s web whenever the maximum modulus of grows below a certain rate. The proof uses a new local version of the theorem, based on a comparatively unknown result of Beurling. We also give examples of entire functions for which the fast escaping set is not a spider¡¯s web which show that this growth rate is sharp. These are the first examples for which the escaping set has a spider¡¯s web structure but the fast escaping set does not. Our results give new insight into possible approaches to proving a conjecture of Baker, and also a conjecture of Eremenko.