On a class of composite functional equations in a single variable (Q2563684)

A functional equation is of composite type if the unknown function acts on a combination of the variable and the function itself. The authors firstly prove a general result on continuous functions of the type \(f:(0, \infty) \mapsto (0,\infty)\) which satisfy the composite equation (*) \(f(x[f(x)]^p) = (f(x))^{p+1}\), where \(p\) is an arbitrary fixed real number. Applying this result all continuous solutions \(f:[0,\infty) \mapsto [0,\infty)\) and \(f:\mathbb{R} \mapsto [0,\infty)\) of equation (*) for \(p>0\) are determined, as well as all continuous solutions \(f:\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}\) for a positive integer \(p\).