The aim of the present invention is to provide a multi-branched polymer,
in which branch terminals can be easily modified and which have a high
degree of branching and narrow dispersion. By polymerizing a compound
having 2 or more polymerization-initiation sites and polymerizable
unsaturated bonds with a living radical polymerization method using a
metal catalyst, it is possible to produce a multi-branched polymer with
narrow dispersion and a high degree of branching and having repeating
units represented by the formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1 to
R.sub.3 each independently represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group,
R.sub.1 may be bonded to R.sub.3 to form a ring; X represents a
connecting group having a valence of 3 or higher; Y may be the same or
different and each represents a functional group which may have a halogen
atom at a terminal thereof; and a is an integer of 2 or larger.