Uniqueness conjecture for continuous solutions of the Furstenberg function equations

Let p,q>1p,q>1 be integers, and let C[0,1]C[0,1] denote the continuous functions on [0,1][0,1]. Consider functions fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1] satisfying that ff is non-decreasing and

f(x)=i=0p1f(x+ip)f(ip)=i=0q1f(x+iq)f(iq).f(x)=\sum_{i=0}^{p-1} f\left(\frac{x+i}{p}\right)-f\left(\frac{i}{p}\right)=\sum_{i=0}^{q-1} f\left(\frac{x+i}{q}\right)-f\left(\frac{i}{q}\right).

The function-equation conjecture. The only such function is f(x)=xf(x)=x. The conjecture is presented as a sufficient condition for Furstenberg's conjecture on continuous ergodic ×p,×q\times p,\times q-invariant measures: distribution functions of continuous invariant measures satisfy these equations. The parenthetical discussion notes that, using Furstenberg's classification of closed ×p,×q\times p,\times q-invariant subsets, one may assume ff is strictly increasing and hence a homeomorphism of [0,1][0,1] with f(0)=0f(0)=0; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Huichi Huang, “Continuous p,q-invariant measures on the unit circle”, arXiv:1607.02644 (2016).

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