A rational Sûto equation (Q1296959)

The author solves the functional equation \[ \varphi (x +y) = {{f(x)g(y)+h(x)\ell (y)} \over {m(x)+n(y)}}, \] in an arbitrary region of \({\mathbb C}^2\). Here the functions \(\varphi, f, g, h, \ell , m , n \) are all unknown meromorphic functions. The solutions of this functional equation involve elliptic functions. This functional equation is a special case of the so called rational Sûto equation \[ \varphi (x +y) = {{\sum_{i=1}^M f_i (x)g_i (y)} \over {\sum_{i=1}^N m_i (x)n_i (y)}}. \]