\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.67in} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.55in} \setlength{\textwidth}{5.2in} \setlength{\topmargin}{-0.20in} \begin{document} \title{Simple Article For AMEN\thanks{% Mathematics Subject Classifications: 35C20, 35D10.}} \date{{\small 20 July 2000}} \author{First Second Family\thanks{% Department of Mathematics, Binzhou Normal College, Binzhou, Shandong 256604, P. R. China}\ , Sui Sun Cheng\thanks{% Department of Mathematics, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, R. O. China}\ , Tzon Tzer Lu\thanks{% Department of Applied Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen Univeristy, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424, R. O. China}} \maketitle \begin{abstract} Solutions of the form $x(z)=\lambda z^{\mu }$ are found for the iterative functional differential equation $x^{(n)}(z)=\left( x\left( x\left( ...x\left( z\right) \right) \right) \right) ^{k}.$ \end{abstract} \section{Introduction} The basic idea is that a short note should be presented in a simple manner. Therefore, use simple notations, symbols, etc. Displayed equation should be labeled in the following format \begin{equation} x(z)=\lambda z^{\mu }, \label{1} \end{equation} \begin{equation} x^{(n)}(z)=\left( x^{[m]}(z)\right) ^{k}. \label{2} \end{equation} Lemmas, Theorems, and Corollaries should be typed such as the following: \smallskip THEOREM 1. Let $\Omega $ be a domain of the complex plane $C$ which does not include the negative real axis (nor the origin). Then there exist $m$ distinct (single valued and analytic) power functions of the form (\ref{1}) which are solutions of (\ref{2}). \smallskip Proofs should be typed as follows: \smallskip PROOF. We remark that each solution $x_{i}(z)=\lambda _{i}z^{\mu _{i}}$ has a nontrivial fixed point $\alpha _{i}$. Indeed, from $\lambda _{i}\alpha _{i}^{\mu _{i}}=\alpha _{i},$ we find \[ \alpha _{i}=\lambda _{i}^{1/(1-\mu _{i})}=\left[ \mu _{i}(\mu _{i}-1)\cdot \cdot \cdot (\mu _{i}-n+1)\right] ^{1/(k+n-1)}\neq 0, \] ... \smallskip Other texts can be typed such as the following: As an example, consider the equation \[ x^{\prime }(z)=x(x(z)). \] From \[ \mu ^{2}-\mu +1=0, \] we find roots $\mu _{\pm }=(1-\sqrt{3}i)/2.$ We find $\lambda _{-}=\mu _{-}^{1/\mu _{-}}\approx 2.145-1.238i,$ $\lambda _{+}=\mu _{+}^{1/\mu _{+}}\approx 2.145+1.238i.$ Since $\left| \mu _{\pm }\right| =1$ and $\mu _{\pm }^{6}=1,$ they are roots of unity. This shows that the requirements in the main Theorem in [1] does not hold. Therefore, we have found analytic solutions which cannot be guaranteed by the main Theorem in [1]. \smallskip Figures should be prepared in the EPS format and placed at the center by commands such as: centereps\{width\}\{height\}\{file\}. \smallskip References should be typed as follows: \begin{thebibliography}{9} \bibitem{r1} J. G. Si, W. R. Li and S. S. Cheng, Analytic solutions of an iterative functional differential equation, Computers Math. Applic., 33(6)(1997), 47--51. \bibitem{r2} E. Eder, The functional differential equation $x^{\prime }(t)=x(x(t)),$ J. Diff. Eq., 54(1984), 390--400. \bibitem{r3} L. W. Griffiths, Introduction to the Theory of Equations, 2$% ^{nd}$ ed., Wiley, New York, 1947. \end{thebibliography} \end{document} .