Continuous solutions of a polynomial-like iterative equation with variable coefficients

Weinian Zhang; John Baker

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Continuous solutions of a polynomial-like iterative equation with variable coefficients

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Department of Mathematics Sichuan Union University Chengdu 610064 P.R. China
Department of Pure Mathematics University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

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Using the fixed point theorems of Banach and Schauder we discuss the existence, uniqueness and stability of continuous solutions of a polynomial-like iterative equation with variable coefficients.

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functional equation, fixed point theorem, iterative root

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Continuous solutions of a polynomial-like iterative equation with variable coefficients

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