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Smooth Solutions of an Iterative Functional Equation

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Functional Equations and Inequalities

Part of the book series: Mathematics and Its Applications ((MAIA,volume 518))

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Given a C r function F on [0,1], a C r function is found such that a convex combination of its first three iterates is equal to F. Such existence criterion is established by means of the Schauder fixed point theorem and careful a priori estimations.

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Si, JG., Zhang, WN., Cheng, SS. (2000). Smooth Solutions of an Iterative Functional Equation. In: Functional Equations and Inequalities. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 518. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4341-7_18

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