Saturday 18 August 2007

ca.analysis and odes - How to find a solution to a particular Bottcher equation

Functional equations of the form $f(g(x))=(f(x))^p$, where $g(x)$ is known, is called Bottcher equation. Generally, we have only asymptotic formula for the solution $f(x)$ under certain conditions. In one of my study, I come across the following problem,



How to find a nontrivial (i.e., nonconstant) function $f(x)in C^infty(0 ,+infty)$ satisfying the following functional equation $$f(frac{2x^3+a}{3x^2})=f(x)^2,$$ where $a>0$ is a constant.



Or can you tell me finding a explicit form for $f(x)$ is impossible?

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