Booth Id:
MATH014
Category:
Mathematics
Year:
2019
Finalist Names:
Cheng, Zong-Hong (School: The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University)
Abstract:
This project is motivated by studying Chebyshev polynomials such as cos(mx) is a polynomial of cos(x). It is interesting to know if there are other non-constant continuous functions f having the similar property, i.e., f(mx) is a polynomial of f(x).
In this study, we are able to characterize all non-constant continuous functions f from the positive real number set to the complex number set such that for all positive integer 𝑚, there exist polynomial P(x) satisfying f(mx)=P(f(x)). Furthermore, we generalize the problem by replacing the positive integer set with an arbitrary subset of the positive integer set.
Awards Won:
American Mathematical Society: Second Award of $1,000
Third Award of $1,000