Periodic and continuous solutions of a polynomial-like iterative equation (Q509626)

In this paper the iterative functional equation \[ \lambda_1f(x)+\lambda_2f^2(x) +\cdots +\lambda_nf^n(x)=F(x),\;\forall x\in S, \] is investigated, where \(f: S\to S\) is an unknown selfmap of a non-empty subset \(S\) of the reals. Theorem 2.4. gives a sufficient condition for the existence of a solution using Schauder's fixed point theorem. Theorem 3.1 gives a sufficient condition for uniqueness. The stability of the equation is examined in Theorem 3.2. The last two sections (fourth and fifth) deal with the special cases: \[ 3f+f^2=\sin\qquad \text{and}\qquad 2f+\lambda f^2=\cos. \]