Differentiable solutions of an equation with product of iterates (Q6098935)

The author investigates existence and uniqueness of solutions of equations involving iterates of an unknown function \(g\), in particular equations of the type \[ (g(x))^{\lambda_1}(g^2(x))^{\lambda_1}\cdots (g^n(x))^{\lambda_n}=G(x) \] on the positive reals. This is accomplished through a series of results which, among other things, allows the author to reduce the problem to solve a polynomial-like equation of iterates of the form \[ \lambda_1f(x)+\lambda_2f^2(x)+\cdots+\lambda_nf^n(x)=F(x) \] on the real line. Using some logarithmic functions the author can then come back to the original problem. In the case of \(\lambda_1>0, \lambda_k\geq 0\), for \(k=2,3,\ldots n\), \( \sum_{k=1}^n\lambda_k=1\) the author finds sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a differentiable solution \(f\) of the second equation which in turn is used to prove the existence and uniqueness of a differentiable solution \(g\) of the first equation. The paper concludes with some examples and remarks on various special cases.