Delange's characterization of the sine function

Abstract

In [2], H. Delange gives the following characterization of the sine function.Theorem A. f(x)=sin x is the only infinitely differentiable real-valued function on the real line such that f'(O)= 1 andfor all real x and n = 0,1,2,….It is clear that, if f satisfies (1), then the analytic continuation of f is an entire function satisfyingfor all z in the complex plane. Hence f is of at most order one and type one. In this note, we prove the following theorem.