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Functional equations and groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Malcolm A. Perella
Malcolm A. Perella*
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Consider the functional equation

Now let and These are elements of a group, G1 say, which is isomorphic to C2, the cyclic group of order 2, as can be seen from the group table:

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 89 , Issue 515 , July 2005 , pp. 202 - 211
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2005

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