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f(x) =/= x
f(f(x)) = x
exp(f(x)) = f(exp(x))
give examples of Coo f(x) satisfying all the above 3 equations at once.
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04/17/2009, 03:36 AM
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tommy1729 Wrote:give examples of Coo f(x) satisfying all the above 3 equations at once.
The only examples of those kinds of functions (roots of the identity function), that I can think of are not Coo, or piecewise-defined.
PS. Does the complex conjugate count?
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04/17/2009, 09:59 AM
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tommy1729 Wrote:f(x) =/= x
f(f(x)) = x
exp(f(x)) = f(exp(x))
give examples of Coo f(x) satisfying all the above 3 equations at once.
It may be interesting for you that there is no continuous solution of \( f(f(f(x)))=x \).
And that each solution of \( f(f(x))=x \) is strictly decreasing with a fixed point.
You can read further on this subject (keyword Babbage equation, involution) in
Kuczma, Iterative functional equations.