The system of Abel equations α(ft(x)) = α(x) + λ(t), t ∈ T, is studied under the general assumption that $f_t$ are pairwise commuting homeomorphisms of a real interval and have no fixed points (T is an arbitrary non-empty set). A result concerning embeddability of rational iteration groups in continuous groups is proved as a simple consequence of the obtained theorems.

We consider a rational function $f$ which is ‘lacunary’ in the sense that it can be expressed as the ratio of two polynomials (not necessarily coprime) having each at most a given number $\ell$ of terms. Then we look at the possible decompositions $f\left(x\right)=g\left(h\right(x\left)\right)$, where $g,h$ are rational functions of degree larger than 1. We prove that, apart from certain exceptional cases which we completely describe, the degree of $g$ is bounded only in terms of $\ell$ (and we provide explicit bounds). This supports and quantifies the intuitive...

Let F t: t ≥ 0 be a concave iteration semigroup of linear continuous set-valued functions defined on a convex cone K with nonempty interior in a Banach space X with values in cc(K). If we assume that the Hukuhara differences F 0(x) − F t (x) exist for x ∈ K and t > 0, then D t F t (x) = (−1)F t ((−1)G(x)) for x ∈ K and t ≥ 0, where D t F t (x) denotes the derivative of F t (x) with respect to t and $$G\left(x\right)=\underset{s\to 0}{lim}\left(F^0\left(x\right)-F^s\left(x\right)\right)/\phantom{\left(F^0\left(x\right)-F^s\left(x\right)\right)\left(-s\right)}\left(-s\right)$$ for x ∈ K.

We consider a concave iteration semigroup of linear continuous set-valued functions defined on a closed convex cone in a separable Banach space. We prove that such an iteration semigroup has a selection which is also an iteration semigroup of linear continuous functions. Moreover it is majorized by an "exponential" family of linear continuous set-valued functions.

Using the fixed point theorems of Banach and Schauder we discuss the existence, uniqueness and stability of continuous solutions of a polynomial-like iterative equation with variable coefficients.

Given a probability space (Ω,, P) and a closed subset X of a Banach lattice, we consider functions f: X × Ω → X and their iterates $fⁿ:X\times {\Omega }^{\mathbb{N}}\to X$ defined by f¹(x,ω) = f(x,ω₁), $f^{n+1}(x,\omega )=f(fⁿ(x,\omega ),{\omega }_{n+1})$, and obtain theorems on the convergence (a.s. and in L¹) of the sequence (fⁿ(x,·)).