Superfunction

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Superfunction is smooth exstension of iteration of other function for the case of non-integer number of iterations.

Routgly

Roughly, if

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superfunction (from to ) of holomorphic function on domain is function , holomorphic on domain , such that

.

Examples

Addition

Chose a complex number and define function with relation . Define function with relation .

Then, function is superfunction ( to ) of function on .

Multiplication

Exponentiation is superfunction (from 1 to ) of function .

Abel function

Inverse of superfunction can be interpreted as the Abel function.

For some domain and some ,,
Abel function (from to ) of function with respect to superfunction on domain is holomorphic function from to such that

The definitionm above does not reuqire that ; although, from properties of holomorphic functions, there should exost some subset such that . In this subset, the Abel function satisfies the Abel equation.

Abel equation

The Abel equation is some equivalent of the recurrent equation

in the definition of the superfunction. However, it may hold for from the reduced domain .


Applications of superfunctions and Abel functions