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Given the following, and assuming that $f(x)$ is infinitely differentiable:
$$frac{d^nf(x)}{dx^n}|_{x=0}=f(n)$$
What functions f could satisfy this equation? Do any functions of f have a closed form, or if not does it have a form that is just a normal ODE form?










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    From what you've written it looks like: $$f(x=n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$ I've written $x=n$ to show that we are primarily defining $f$ in terms of $x$ which applies of the right. However you could also say: $$f(n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$
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    @Henry Lee I used the notation I did only because I'm more familiar with it. Is the notation you suggest preferred, or the standard notation?
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Given the following, and assuming that $f(x)$ is infinitely differentiable:
$$frac{d^nf(x)}{dx^n}|_{x=0}=f(n)$$
What functions f could satisfy this equation? Do any functions of f have a closed form, or if not does it have a form that is just a normal ODE form?










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    From what you've written it looks like: $$f(x=n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$ I've written $x=n$ to show that we are primarily defining $f$ in terms of $x$ which applies of the right. However you could also say: $$f(n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$
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    @Henry Lee I used the notation I did only because I'm more familiar with it. Is the notation you suggest preferred, or the standard notation?
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    They both mean the same thing and what you have showed is equal and shows what you mean
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Given the following, and assuming that $f(x)$ is infinitely differentiable:
$$frac{d^nf(x)}{dx^n}|_{x=0}=f(n)$$
What functions f could satisfy this equation? Do any functions of f have a closed form, or if not does it have a form that is just a normal ODE form?










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Given the following, and assuming that $f(x)$ is infinitely differentiable:
$$frac{d^nf(x)}{dx^n}|_{x=0}=f(n)$$
What functions f could satisfy this equation? Do any functions of f have a closed form, or if not does it have a form that is just a normal ODE form?







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    From what you've written it looks like: $$f(x=n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$ I've written $x=n$ to show that we are primarily defining $f$ in terms of $x$ which applies of the right. However you could also say: $$f(n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$
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    @Henry Lee I used the notation I did only because I'm more familiar with it. Is the notation you suggest preferred, or the standard notation?
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    They both mean the same thing and what you have showed is equal and shows what you mean
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  • $begingroup$
    From what you've written it looks like: $$f(x=n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$ I've written $x=n$ to show that we are primarily defining $f$ in terms of $x$ which applies of the right. However you could also say: $$f(n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$
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    @Henry Lee I used the notation I did only because I'm more familiar with it. Is the notation you suggest preferred, or the standard notation?
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    – tox123
    3 hours ago










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    They both mean the same thing and what you have showed is equal and shows what you mean
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$begingroup$
From what you've written it looks like: $$f(x=n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$ I've written $x=n$ to show that we are primarily defining $f$ in terms of $x$ which applies of the right. However you could also say: $$f(n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$
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From what you've written it looks like: $$f(x=n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$ I've written $x=n$ to show that we are primarily defining $f$ in terms of $x$ which applies of the right. However you could also say: $$f(n)=f^{(n)}(0)$$
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@Henry Lee I used the notation I did only because I'm more familiar with it. Is the notation you suggest preferred, or the standard notation?
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– tox123
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@Henry Lee I used the notation I did only because I'm more familiar with it. Is the notation you suggest preferred, or the standard notation?
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– tox123
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They both mean the same thing and what you have showed is equal and shows what you mean
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Let $f(x)=a^{x+1}$, where $a$ satisfies $ln(a)=a$. Then $f^{(n)}(0)=ln^n(a) a^{1}=a^{n+1}=f(n)$, as desired. Note that $a$ will be a complex number here, explicitly in terms of Lambert’s W: $a=e^{-W(-1)}approx 0.318+1.337i$.






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    I can't see how $ln^n(a)a^1=a^{n+1}$...
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I only see the trivial f(x)=0 solution so far. Couldn't yet prove there are no other solutions tho.



UPD: alex-r provided an absolutely amazing non-trivial solution. Make sure to check it out.






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    Let $f(x)=a^{x+1}$, where $a$ satisfies $ln(a)=a$. Then $f^{(n)}(0)=ln^n(a) a^{1}=a^{n+1}=f(n)$, as desired. Note that $a$ will be a complex number here, explicitly in terms of Lambert’s W: $a=e^{-W(-1)}approx 0.318+1.337i$.






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    Let $f(x)=a^{x+1}$, where $a$ satisfies $ln(a)=a$. Then $f^{(n)}(0)=ln^n(a) a^{1}=a^{n+1}=f(n)$, as desired. Note that $a$ will be a complex number here, explicitly in terms of Lambert’s W: $a=e^{-W(-1)}approx 0.318+1.337i$.






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    Let $f(x)=a^{x+1}$, where $a$ satisfies $ln(a)=a$. Then $f^{(n)}(0)=ln^n(a) a^{1}=a^{n+1}=f(n)$, as desired. Note that $a$ will be a complex number here, explicitly in terms of Lambert’s W: $a=e^{-W(-1)}approx 0.318+1.337i$.






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    Let $f(x)=a^{x+1}$, where $a$ satisfies $ln(a)=a$. Then $f^{(n)}(0)=ln^n(a) a^{1}=a^{n+1}=f(n)$, as desired. Note that $a$ will be a complex number here, explicitly in terms of Lambert’s W: $a=e^{-W(-1)}approx 0.318+1.337i$.







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