Author | Aczรฉl, J. author |
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Title | Functional Equations: History, Applications and Theory [electronic resource] / by J. Aczรฉl |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1984 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6320-7 |
Descript | X, 246 p. online resource |
Essays -- 1. On history, applications and theory of functional equations (Introduction) -- 2. The esthetics and usefulness of functional equations -- 3. On the historical role of functional equations -- 4. Functional equation methods applied to economic problems: some examples -- 5. On multiple uses of some classical equations -- 6. On some unexpected theoretical and practical applications of functional equations -- 7. Functional equations on groupoids and related structures -- Papers -- 1. Some recent applications of functional equations -- 2. Groupoids with ?-kernels -- 3. The regularity of solutions of functional equations and hypoellipticity -- 4. An improvement of the Nevanlinna-Pรณlya theorem -- 5. On polynomials in additive and multiplicative functions -- 6. Truncations of distribution functions -- 7. Kurepaโs functional equation on Gaussian semigroups -- 8. Some recent results on information measures, a new generalization and some โreal lifeโ interpretations of the โoldโ and new measures -- 9. On a characterization of the Shannon concentration measure -- 10. Closed invariant curves of a noncontinuously differentiate recurrence -- 11. Invariant curves as solutions of functional equations -- 12. The cycle theorem for flows