International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 32 (2002), Issue 3, Pages 139-148
doi:10.1155/S0161171202110209

On local properties of compactly supported solutions of the two-coefficient dilation equation

Janusz Morawiec

Instytut Matematyki, Uniwersytet Śląski, ul. Bankowa 14, Katowice PL-40-007, Poland

Received 22 October 2001

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Abstract

Let a and b be reals. We consider the compactly supported solutions φ: of the two-coefficient dilation equation φ(x)=aφ(2x)+bφ(2x1). In this paper, we determine sets Ba,b, Ca,b, and Za,b defined in the following way: let x[0,1]. We say that xBa,b (resp., xCa,b, xZa,b) if the zero function is the only compactly supported solution of the two-coefficient dilation equation, which is bounded in a neighbourhood of x (resp., continuous at x, vanishes in a neighbourhood of x). We also give the structure of the general compactly supported solution of the two-coefficient dilation equation.