## Illinois Journal of Mathematics

### Decompositions of rational functions over real and complex numbers and a question about invariant curves

Peter Müller

#### Abstract

We consider the connection of functional decompositions of rational functions over the real and complex numbers, and a question about curves in the complex plane which are invariant under a rational function.

#### Article information

Source
Illinois J. Math., Volume 59, Number 4 (2015), 825-838.

Dates
Revised: 20 September 2016
First available in Project Euclid: 27 February 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1488186011

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/ijm/1488186011

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3628291

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1361.30041

#### Citation

Müller, Peter. Decompositions of rational functions over real and complex numbers and a question about invariant curves. Illinois J. Math. 59 (2015), no. 4, 825--838. doi:10.1215/ijm/1488186011. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1488186011

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