Functional equations and iteration theory

Functional equations and iteration theory

During the last two or three decades many problems connected both with iteration theory and functional equations were studied. In some of these problems functional equations play a prominent, independent role in others they are just a tool for finding the solution. In addition to this it is interesting to apply results from iteration theory to functional equations. For doing this many different mathematical structures and methods are used.

In this project we propse the study of several problems from the theory of functional equations, in particular about functional equations in iteration theory. The research of members of the Institute of Mathematics of the Karl-Franzens University in Graz through many years indicates that these problems are interesting and promising. Besides iteration theory in rings of formal power series the sources of these problems are applications, algebraic aspects of additive functions, commutable functions and functional equations of iterative type.

There is some more information available:

• Description of this project.
• The linear-affine functional equation and group actions.
• On covariant embeddings of a linear functional equation with respect to an analytic iteration group in some non-generic cases.
• On a linear functional equation for formal power series.
• On covariant embeddings of a linear functional equation with respect to an analytic iteration group
• Generalizations of the functional equation of the mean sun
• The functional equation of the mean sun written as a group action
• Group actions and the functional equation of the mean sun
• Some applications of functional equations in astronomy

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Functional equations and iteration theory