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Recently I taught short courses on functional equations at several universities (Barcelona, Bern, Graz, Hamburg, Milan, Waterloo). My aim was to introduce the most important equations and methods of solution through actual (not artificial) applications which were recent and with which I had something to do. Most of them happened to be related to the social or behavioral sciences. All were originally answers to questions posed by specialists in the respective applied fields. Here I give a somewhat extended version of these lectures, with more recent results and applications included.
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© 1987 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Aczél, J. (1987). Introduction. In: A Short Course on Functional Equations. Theory and Decision Library, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3749-9_1
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