The chain rule as a functional equation

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Abstract

We consider operators T from C1(R{double-struck}) to C(R{double-struck}) satisfying the "chain rule". T(f o g)=(Tf) o g ·Tg,f,gεC1(R{double-struck}), and study under which conditions this functional equation admits only the derivative or its powers as solutions. We also consider T operating on other domains like Ck(R{double-struck}) for kεN{double-struck}0 or k=∞ and study the more general equation T(f o g)=(Tf) o g ·Ag, f,gεC1(R{double-struck}) where both T and A map C1(R{double-struck}) to C(R{double-struck}).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2999-3024
Number of pages26
JournalJournal of Functional Analysis
Volume259
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010

Funding

FundersFunder number
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung387/09
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2006079
Israel Science Foundation865-07

    Keywords

    • Chain rule
    • Functional equation

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