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A Class of functional equations which have entire solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Peter L. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 32486, Al-Khoudh, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Abstract

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We consider the Abelian functional equation

where φ is a given entire function and g is to be found. The inverse function f = g−1 (if one exists) must satisfy

We show that for a wide class of entire functions, which includes φ(z) = ez − 1, the latter equation has a non-constant entire solution.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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