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The topic of gamma type functions and related functional equation$f(x+1)=g(x)f(x)$ has been seriously studied from first half of the twentiethcentury till now. Regarding unique solutions of the equation the asymptoticcondition $\displaystyle{\lim_{x \to \infty}}\frac{g(x+w)}{g(x)}=1$, for each$w>0$, is considered in many serial papers including R. Webster's article(1997). Motivated by the topic of limit summability of real functions(introduced by the author in 2001), we first show that the asymptotic conditionin the Webster's paper can be reduced to the convergence of the sequence$\frac{g(n+1)}{g(n)}$ to $1$, and then by removing the initial condition$f(1)=1$ we generalize it. On the other hand, Rassias and Trif proved that if$g$ satisfies another appropriate asymptotic condition, then the equationadmits at most one solution $f$, which is eventually $\log$-convex of thesecond order. We also sow that without changing the asymptotic condition forthis case, a uniqueness theorem similar to the Webster's result is also validfor eventually $\log$-convex solutions $f$ of the second order. This resultimplies a new uniqueness theorem for the gamma function which states the$\log$-convexity condition in the Bohr-Mollerup Theorem can be replaced by$\log$-concavity of order two. At last, some important questions about themwill be asked.

Remarks on the functional equation $f(x+1)=g(x)f(x)$ and a uniqueness theorem for the gamma function