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Composite rational functions which are powers*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

S. D. Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow

Synopsis

A description is given of the rational functions A(X), B(X) over a field Ω for which A(B(X)) is an nth power in Ω(X).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979

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