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2024/105/1-2 (15) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2024.9878 — pp. 233-257

Characterizing locally polynomial functions on convex subsets of linear spaces

Authors: Chisom Prince Okeke Orcid.org link for Chisom Prince Okeke and Maciej Sablik Orcid.org link for Maciej Sablik

Abstract:

We introduce the notion of locally polynomial functions, satisfying a conditional Fréchet equation on convex subsets of linear space. We prove that locally polynomial functions are solutions to some rather general functional equations. Using Roman Ger's result, we infer that locally they are the restrictions of polynomial functions defined on the whole space.

Keywords: functional equations, polynomial functions, absolutely convex sets, algebraic interior, Fréchet operator, monomial functions, continuity of monomial functions

Mathematics Subject Classification: 39B52, 39A70, 39-04