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Solve the equation: $[\sqrt x+\sqrt{x+1}]+[\sqrt {4x+2}]=18$
Find all functions $f\colon \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(x + y) + f(x + z) - f(x)f(y + z) \ge 1\] for all $x,y,z \in \mathbb{R}$
Functions $f_0(x)=|x|,f_1(x)=|f_0(x)-1|,f_2(x)=|f_1(x)-2|$. Area of the closed part between the figure of $f_2(x)$ and $x$-axis is________.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}^+\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^+$ satisfying $$m!!+n!!\mid f(m)!!+f(n)!!$$for each $m,n\in \mathbb{Z}^+$, where $n!!=(n!)!$ for all $n\in \mathbb{Z}^+$. [i]Proposed by DVDthe1st[/i]
Let $f:\;\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuously differentiable function that satisfies $f'(t)>f(f(t))$ for all $t\in\mathbb{R}$. Prove that $f(f(f(t)))\le0$ for all $t\ge0$. [i]Proposed by Tomáš Bárta, Charles University, Prague.[/i]
Let $ f:[0,1]\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ be a countinuous function such that $$ \int_0^1 f(x)dx=\int_0^1 xf(x)dx. $$ Show that there is a $ c\in (0,1) $ such that $ f(c)=\int_0^c f(x)dx. $
Let be a natural number $ n\ge 2 $ and $ n $ positive real numbers $ a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_n $ whose product is $ 1. $ Prove that the function $ f:\mathbb{R}_{>0}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} ,\quad f(x)=\prod_{i=1}^n \left( 1+a_i^x \right) , $ is nondecreasing.
The function $ f : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{Z}$ is defined by $ f(0) \equal{} 2$, $ f(1) \equal{} 503$ and $ f(n \plus{} 2) \equal{} 503f(n \plus{} 1) \minus{} 1996f(n)$ for all $ n \in\mathbb{N}$. Let $ s_1$, $ s_2$, $ \ldots$, $ s_k$ be arbitrary integers not smaller than $ k$, and let $ p(s_i)$ be an arbitrary prime divisor of $ f\left(2^{s_i}\right)$, ($ i \equal{} 1, 2, \ldots, k$). Prove that, for any positive integer $ t$ ($ t\le k$), we have $ 2^t \Big | \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^kp(s_i)$ if and only if $ 2^t | k$.
Find all real solutions of the following equation: \[ (x + 1995)(x + 1997)(x + 1999)(x + 2001) + 16 = 0. \]
Given two integers $m,n$ which are greater than $1$. $r,s$ are two given positive real numbers such that $r<s$. For all $a_{ij}\ge 0$ which are not all zeroes,find the maximal value of the expression \[f=\frac{(\sum_{j=1}^{n}(\sum_{i=1}^{m}a_{ij}^s)^{\frac{r}{s}})^{\frac{1}{r}}}{(\sum_{i=1}^{m})\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_{ij}^r)^{\frac{s}{r}})^{\frac{1}{s}}}.\]
Show that there exists a bijective function $ f: \mathbb{N}_{0}\to \mathbb{N}_{0}$ such that for all $ m,n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$: \[ f(3mn+m+n)=4f(m)f(n)+f(m)+f(n). \]
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ satisfying \[f\big(f(m)+n\big)+f(m)=f(n)+f(3m)+2014\] for all integers $m$ and $n$. [i]Proposed by Netherlands[/i]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{N}$ such that for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$: \[f(f(f(n)))+6f(n)=3f(f(n))+4n+2001.\]
Let $S$ be a finite set of nonzero real numbers, and let $f : S\to S$ be a function with the following property: for each $x \in S$, either $f ( f (x)) = x+ f (x)$ or $f ( f (x)) = \frac{x+ f (x)}{2}$. Prove that $f (x) = x$ for all $x \in S$.
Suppose $f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \mapsto \mathbb{R}^{+}$ is a function such that $\frac{f(x)}{x}$ is increasing on $\mathbb{R}^{+}$. For $a,b,c>0$, prove that $$2\left (\frac{f(a)+f(b)}{a+b} + \frac{f(b)+f(c)}{b+c}+ \frac{f(c)+f(a)}{c+a} \right) \geq 3\left(\frac{f(a)+f(b)+f(c)}{a+b+c}\right) + \frac{f(a)}{a}+ \frac{f(b)}{b}+ \frac{f(c)}{c}$$
Let $A, B, C$ be real numbers in the interval $\left(0,\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$. Let \begin{align*} X &= \frac{\sin A\sin (A-B)\sin (A-C)}{\sin (B+C)} \\ Y &= \frac{\sin B\sin(B-C)\sin (B-A)}{\sin (C+A)} \\ Z &= \frac{\sin C\sin (C-A)\sin (C-B)}{\sin (A+B)} . \end{align*} Prove that $X+Y+Z \geq 0$.
Consider the functions $f,g,h:\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0}\to\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0}$ and the binary operation $*:\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0}\times \mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0}\to \mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0}$ defined as \[x*y=f(x)+g(y)+h(x)\cdot|x-y|,\]for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0}$. Suppose that $(\mathbb{R}_{\geqslant 0},*)$ is a commutative monoid. Determine the functions $f,g,h$.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x^2 + yf(z)) = xf(x) + zf(y) , \] for all $x, y, z \in \mathbb{R}$.
The function f is defined on the set $\mathbb{Q}$ of all rational numbers and has values in $\mathbb{Q}$. It satisfies the conditions $f(1)=2$ and $f(xy)=f(x)f(y)-f(x+y)+1$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{Q}$. Determine f (with proof)
Let $ f$ be a continuous function on the unit interval $ [0,1]$. Show that \[ \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \int_0^1... \int_0^1f(\frac{x_1+...+x_n}{n})dx_1...dx_n=f(\frac12)\] and \[ \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \int_0^1... \int_0^1f (\sqrt[n]{x_1...x_n})dx_1...dx_n=f(\frac1e).\]
Suppose function $f:[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ satisfies (1)$\forall x,y \geq 0,$ we have $f(x)f(y)\leq y^2f(\frac{x}{2})+x^2f(\frac{y}{2})$; (2)$\forall 0 \leq x \leq 1, f(x) \leq 2016$. Prove that $f(x)\leq x^2$ for all $x\geq 0$.
Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that $f(15) f(21) f(35) - 10$ is divisible by $105$. Given $f(-34) = 2014$ and $f(0) \ge 0$, find the smallest possible value of $f(0)$. [i]Proposed by Michael Kural and Evan Chen[/i]
$f$ is a one-to-one function from the set of positive integers to itself such that $$f(xy) = f(x) × f(y)$$ Find the minimum possible value of $f(2020)$.
Let $\mathbb Z$ be the set of all integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z$ satisfying the following conditions: 1. $f(f(x))=xf(x)-x^2+2$ for all $x\in\mathbb Z$; 2. $f$ takes all integer values. [i](I. Voronovich)[/i]
Let $a,b,A,B$ be given reals. We consider the function defined by \[ f(x) = 1 - a \cdot \cos(x) - b \cdot \sin(x) - A \cdot \cos(2x) - B \cdot \sin(2x). \] Prove that if for any real number $x$ we have $f(x) \geq 0$ then $a^2 + b^2 \leq 2$ and $A^2 + B^2 \leq 1.$