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Multiplicative type functional equations arising from characterization problems

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We give the general and the so-called density function solutions of equation

$$\begin{array}{lll}f_{U}(x)f_{V}(y)=f_{X}\left(\frac{1-y}{1-xy} \right) f_{Y} (1-xy) \frac{y}{1-xy} \qquad \left( (x, y) \in (0,1)^2 \right)\end{array}$$

and the density function solutions of equation

$$\begin{array}{lll}f \left(x \right)g\left(y \right)=p\left(x+y\right)q\left( \frac{x}{y} \right) \qquad \left((x, y)\in \mathbb{R}^{2}_{+} \right).\end{array}$$

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Correspondence to Fruzsina Mészáros.

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This research has been supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) Grant NK81402 and by the TÁMOP 4.2.1./B-09/1/KONV-2010-0007 project implemented through the New Hungary Development Plan co-financed by the European Social Fund, and the European Regional Development Fund.

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Lajkó, K., Mészáros, F. Multiplicative type functional equations arising from characterization problems. Aequat. Math. 83, 199–208 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-012-0117-2

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