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Permutable functions concerning differential equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

X. Hua
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of OttawaOttawa, ON, K1N 6N5Canadahua@mathstat.uottawa.caremi@ottawa.ca
R. Vaillancourt
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of OttawaOttawa, ON, K1N 6N5Canadahua@mathstat.uottawa.caremi@ottawa.ca
X. L. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Applied MathematicsNanjing University of Financeand EconomicsNanjing 210003, JiangsuChinawangxiaoling@vip.163.com
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Let f and g be two permutable transcendental entire functions. Assume that f is a solution of a linear differential equation with polynomial coefficients. We prove that, under some restrictions on the coefficients and the growth of f and g, there exist two non-constant rational functions R1 and R2 such that R1 (f) = R(g). As a corollary, we show that f and g have the same Julia set: J(f) = J(g). As an application, we study a function f which is a combination of exponential functions with polynomial coefficients. This research addresses an open question due to Baker.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2007

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