Fractional Iteration of Series and Transseries

G. A. Edgar

G. A. Edgar
Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210   U.S.A.     
edgar@math.ohio-state.edu

Abstract

We investigate compositional iteration of fractional order for transseries. For any large positive transseries T of exponentiality 0, there is a family T[s] indexed by real numbers s corresponding to iteration of order s. It is based on Abel's Equation. We also investigate the question of whether there is a family T[s] all sharing a single support set. A subset of the transseries of exponentiality 0 is divided into three classes ("shallow", "moderate" and "deep") with different properties related to fractional iteration.

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