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A sum form functional equation on a closed domain and its role in information theory

Information Theory 2015-08-25 v1 math.IT

Abstract

This paper is devoted to finding the general solutions of the functional equation \sumin\sumjmh(piqj)=\suminh(pi)+\sumjmkj(qj)+λ\suminh(pi)\sumjmkj(qj)\sumin \sumjm h(p_iq_j)=\sumin h(p_i)+\sumjm k_j(q_j)+\lambda\sumin h(p_i)\sumjm k_j(q_j) valid for all complete probability distributions (p1,,pn)(p_1,\ldots,p_n), (q1,,qm)(q_1,\ldots,q_m), 0pi10\le p_i\le 1, 0qj10\le q_j\le 1, i=1,,ni=1,\ldots,n; j=1,,mj=1,\ldots,m, \suminpi=1\sumin p_i=1, \sumjmqj=1\sumjm q_j=1; n3n\ge 3, m3m\ge 3 fixed integers; λ\RR\lambda\in\RR, λ0\lambda\neq 0 and the mappings h:I\RRh:I\to\RR, kj:I\RRk_j:I\to\RR, j=1,,mj=1,\ldots,m; I=[0,1]I=[0,1], \RR\RR denoting the set of all real numbers. A special case of the above functional equation was treated earlier by L. Losonczi and Gy. Maksa.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05910,
  title  = {A sum form functional equation on a closed domain and its role in information theory},
  author = {P. Nath and D. K. Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05910},
  year   = {2015}
}

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