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Functional equations and groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Malcolm A. Perella*
Affiliation:
28 Graham Park Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4BH, e-mail: map24@tutor,open.ac.uk

Extract

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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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2005

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