Continuous exponential functional equation
ID: continuous-exponential-functional-equation
A continuous real function satisfying is either identically zero or for a real constant . If it is nonzero somewhere, and , so it never vanishes. The identity then makes it everywhere positive. Its real logarithm is a continuous additive function, hence linear by additive function continuous at one point is linear. Exponentiating proves the classification, and each listed function satisfies the equation.
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