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This survey tries to highlight a number of recent developments in iteration theory, and to point out a number of unsolved problems, thus also trying to predict the direction the evolution may take.
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Targonski, G. (1995). Progress of iteration theory since 1981. In: Aczél, J. (eds) Aggregating clones, colors, equations, iterates, numbers, and tiles. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9096-0_5
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