A vector functional equation and linear differential equations (Q1076259)

Given an open real interval I, an integer \(n\geq 2\) and a function \(y:I\to {\mathbb{R}}^ n\) of the class \(C^{2n-1}\) with Wroński determinant different from zero on I, consider the set \(G_ 0(y)\) of all diffeomorphisms h of the class \(C^ n\) mapping I onto itself and such that there exists a regular n by n matrix A and a nonvanishing function f:I\(\to {\mathbb{R}}\) of the class \(C^ n\) such that \(y(x)=Af(x)y[h(x)]\) for all \(x\in I\). This set \(G_ 0(y)\) with the composition rule forms a group which is \(C^ n\)-conjugate to a (topologically) closed subgroup of the fundamental group F. (Here by a subgroup of F the author means a subset of F or a subset of restrictions of functions from F to an interval, that is a group with respect to the composition.) The maximal case where \(G_ 0(y)\) is \(C^ n\)-conjugate to F occurs exactly when \(y(x)=D\beta (x)([\sin \gamma (x)]^{n-1},[\sin \gamma (x)]^{n-2}\cdot \cos \gamma (x),...,[\cos \gamma (x)]^{n-1})\) for every \(x\in I\), where D is a regular n by n matrix, \(\beta\) :I\(\to {\mathbb{R}}\) is a nonvanishing function of the class \(C^ n\), and \(\gamma\) is a diffeomorphism of the class \(C^ n\) mapping I onto \({\mathbb{R}}\).