Transformations z(t) = L(t)y(ϕ(t)) of ordinary differential equations

Abstract

The paper describes the general form of an ordinary differential equation of an order n + 1 (n ≥ 1) which allows a nontrivial global transformation consisting of the change of the independent variable and of a nonvanishing factor. A result given by J. Aczél is generalized. A functional equation of the form

$$f\left( {s,w_{00} \upsilon _0 ,...,\sum\limits_{j = 0}^n {w_{nj\upsilon _j } } } \right) = \sum\limits_{j = 0}^n {w_{n + 1j\upsilon j} + w_{n + 1n + 1} f\left( {x,\upsilon ,\upsilon _1 ,...,\upsilon _n } \right),}$$

where $w_{n + 10} = h\left( {s,x,x_1 ,u,u_1 ,...,u_n } \right),w_{n + 11} = g\left( {s,x,x_1 ,...,x_n ,u,u_1 ,...,u_n } \right){\text{ and }}w_{ij} = a_{ij} \left( {x_i ,...,x_{i - j + 1} ,u,u_1 ,...,u_{i - j} } \right)$ for the given functions a _ij is solved on $\mathbb{R},u \ne {\text{0}}$.