Found problems: 66
2005 VJIMC, Problem 3
Find all reals $\lambda$ for which there is a nonzero polynomial $P$ with real coefficients such that
$$\frac{P(1)+P(3)+P(5)+\ldots+P(2n-1)}n=\lambda P(n)$$for all positive integers $n$, and find all such polynomials for $\lambda=2$.
2017-IMOC, A4
Show that for all non-constant functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$, there are two real numbers $x,y$ such that
$$f(x+f(y))>xf(y)+x.$$
1998 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3
Let $A=\{1,2,\ldots,2n\}$ and let the function $g:A\to A$ be defined by $g(k)=2n-k+1$. Does there exist a function $f:A\to A$ such that $f(k)\ne g(k)$ and $f(f(f(k)))=g(k)$ for all $k\in A$, if (a) $n=999$; (b) $n=1000$?
2017-IMOC, N1
If $f:\mathbb N\to\mathbb R$ is a function such that
$$\prod_{d\mid n}f(d)=2^n$$holds for all $n\in\mathbb N$, show that $f$ sends $\mathbb N$ to $\mathbb N$.
2008 SEEMOUS, Problem 3
Let $\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R)$ denote the set of all real $n\times n$ matrices. Find all surjective functions $f:\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R)\to\{0,1,\ldots,n\}$ which satisfy
$$f(XY)\le\min\{f(X),f(Y)\}$$for all $X,Y\in\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R)$.
2017-IMOC, A2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb N\to\mathbb N$ such that
\begin{align*}
x+f(y)&\mid f(y+f(x))\\
f(x)-2017&\mid x-2017\end{align*}
2000 Brazil Team Selection Test, Problem 2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that
(i) $f(0)=1$;
(ii) $f(x+f(y))=f(x+y)+1$ for all real $x,y$;
(iii) there is a rational non-integer $x_0$ such that $f(x_0)$ is an integer.
2005 VJIMC, Problem 2
Let $f:A^3\to A$ where $A$ is a nonempty set and $f$ satisfies:
(a) for all $x,y\in A$, $f(x,y,y)=x=f(y,y,x)$ and
(b) for all $x_1,x_2,x_3,y_1,y_2,y_3,z_1,z_2,z_3\in A$,
$$f(f(x_1,x_2,x_3),f(y_1,y_2,y_3),f(z_1,z_2,z_3))=f(f(x_1,y_1,z_1),f(x_2,y_2,z_2),f(x_3,y_3,z_3)).$$
Prove that for an arbitrary fixed $a\in A$, the operation $x+y=f(x,a,y)$ is an Abelian group addition.
2018-IMOC, N1
Find all functions $f:\mathbb N\to\mathbb N$ satisfying
$$x+f^{f(x)}(y)\mid2(x+y)$$for all $x,y\in\mathbb N$.
2010 Contests, 1
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ the following equality holds \[
f(\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor y)=f(x)\left\lfloor f(y)\right\rfloor \] where $\left\lfloor a\right\rfloor $ is greatest integer not greater than $a.$
[i]Proposed by Pierre Bornsztein, France[/i]
2017-IMOC, A5
Find all functions $f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z$ such that
$$f(mf(n+1))=f(m+1)f(n)+f(f(n))+1$$for all integer pairs $(m,n)$.
2018-IMOC, A4
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that
$$f\left(x^2+f(y)\right)-y=(f(x+y)-y)^2$$holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb R$.
2018 China Team Selection Test, 4
Functions $f,g:\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ satisfy $$f(g(x)+y)=g(f(y)+x)$$ for any integers $x,y$. If $f$ is bounded, prove that $g$ is periodic.
2018 China Team Selection Test, 4
Functions $f,g:\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ satisfy $$f(g(x)+y)=g(f(y)+x)$$ for any integers $x,y$. If $f$ is bounded, prove that $g$ is periodic.
2018-IMOC, A1
Find all functions $f:\mathbb Q\to\mathbb Q$ such that for all $x,y,z,w\in\mathbb Q$,
$$f(f(xyzw)+x+y)+f(z)+f(w)=f(f(xyzw)+z+w)+f(x)+f(y).$$
2019 Romanian Master of Mathematics, 5
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[f(x + yf(x)) + f(xy) = f(x) + f(2019y),\]
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
1997 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3
Function $f$ is defined on the positive integers by $f(1)=1$, $f(2)=2$ and
$$f(n+2)=f(n+2-f(n+1))+f(n+1-f(n))\enspace\text{for }n\ge1.$$
(a) Prove that $f(n+1)-f(n)\in\{0,1\}$ for each $n\ge1$.
(b) Show that if $f(n)$ is odd then $f(n+1)=f(n)+1$.
(c) For each positive integer $k$ find all $n$ for which $f(n)=2^{k-1}+1$.
2019 Romanian Masters In Mathematics, 5
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[f(x + yf(x)) + f(xy) = f(x) + f(2019y),\]
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
2018 Ramnicean Hope, 1
Let be two nonzero real numbers $ a,b $ such that $ |a|\neq |b| $ and let $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ be a function satisfying the functional relation
$$ af(x)+bf(-x)=(x^3+x)^5+\sin^5 x . $$
Calculate $ \int_{-2019}^{2019}f(x)dx . $
[i]Constantin Rusu[/i]
2008 VJIMC, Problem 1
Find all functions $f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z$ such that
$$19f(x)-17f(f(x))=2x$$for all $x\in\mathbb Z$.
2011 VJIMC, Problem 4
Find all $\mathbb Q$-linear maps $\Phi:\mathbb Q[x]\to\mathbb Q[x]$ such that for any irreducible polynomial $p\in\mathbb Q[x]$ the polynomial $\Phi(p)$ is also irreducible.
2018-IMOC, A3
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that for reals $x,y$,
$$f(xf(y)+y)=yf(x)+f(y).$$
2025 Nordic, 1
Let $n$ be a positive integer greater than $2$. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying:
$(f(x+y))^{n} = f(x^{n})+f(y^{n}),$ for all integers $x,y$
2010 Contests, 1
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ the following equality holds \[
f(\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor y)=f(x)\left\lfloor f(y)\right\rfloor \] where $\left\lfloor a\right\rfloor $ is greatest integer not greater than $a.$
[i]Proposed by Pierre Bornsztein, France[/i]
2004 VJIMC, Problem 2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R_{\ge0}\times\mathbb R_{\ge0}\to\mathbb R_{\ge0}$ such that
$1$. $f(x,0)=f(0,x)=x$ for all $x\in\mathbb R_{\ge0}$,
$2$. $f(f(x,y),z)=f(x,f(y,z))$ for all $x,y,z\in\mathbb R_{\ge0}$ and
$3$. there exists a real $k$ such that $f(x+y,x+z)=kx+f(y,z)$ for all $x,y,z\in\mathbb R_{\ge0}$.