The structure of continuous rigid functions of two variables

DOI10.14321/REALANALEXCH.35.1.0139MaRDI QIDQ987922zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richárd Balka, Márton Elekes

Publication date 2 September 2010

Published in Real Analysis Exchange (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4951

zbMATH Keywords

exponentialfunctional equationrigid functiontransformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Functions of several variables (26B99) Functional equations for real functions (39B22) Functional equations for functions with more general domains and/or ranges (39B52) Systems of functional equations and inequalities (39B72) Real and complex geometry (51M99)

Abstract: A function $f:R{R}^{n}oRR$ is called emph{vertically rigid} if $graph(cf)$ is isometric to $graph(f)$ for all $ceq0$. We settled Jankovi'c's conjecture in a separate paper by showing that a continuous function $f:RRoRR$ is vertically rigid if and only if it is of the form $a+bx$ or $a+b{e}^{kx}$ ($a,b,kinRR$). Now we prove that a continuous function $f:R{R}^{2}oRR$ is vertically rigid if and only if after a suitable rotation around the z-axis $f(x,y)$ is of the form $a+bx+dy$, $a+s(y)e^{kx}$ or $a+b{e}^{kx}+dy$ ($a,b,d,kinRR$, $keq0$, $s:RRoRR$ continuous). The problem remains open in higher dimensions.

Review text

A function \(f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R\) is called vertically rigid if the graph of the function \(cf\) is isometric to the graph of \(f\) for all real numbers \(c \neq 0\). The main result of the paper gives a complete description of the continuous vertically rigid functions of two variables. Theorem. A continuous function \(f:\mathbb R^2 \to \mathbb R\) is vertically rigid if and only if, after a suitable rotation around the \(z\)-axis, \(f(x,y)\) is of the form \(a+bx+dy, a+s(y)e^{kx}\) or \(a+be^{kx}+dy\) (\(a,b,d,k \in \mathbb R\), \(k \neq 0\), \(s:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R\) continuous).

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