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Functional equations in polynomials

Dynamical Systems 2020-08-25 v2 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We determine all F,G in C[X] of degree at least 2 for which the semigroup generated by F and G under composition is not the free semigroup on the letters F and G. We also solve the same problem for F,G in X^2 C[[X]], and prove partial analogues over arbitrary fields.

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@article{arxiv.2008.09554,
  title  = {Functional equations in polynomials},
  author = {Zhan Jiang and Michael E. Zieve},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.09554},
  year   = {2020}
}
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