Found problems: 4776
The function $f$ satisfies the functional equation \[f(x) +f(y) = f(x + y ) - xy - 1\] for every pair $x,~ y$ of real numbers. If $f( 1) = 1$, then the number of integers $n \neq 1$ for which $f ( n ) = n$ is
$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{infinite}$
Let $ f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ a strictly increasing function such that $ f\circ f$ is continuos. Prove that $ f$ is continuos.
Prove that for all positive real numbers $a,b,c$ the following inequality holds \[ \left( \frac ab + \frac bc + \frac ca \right)^2 \geq \frac 32 \cdot \left ( \frac{a+b}c + \frac{b+c}a + \frac{c+a} b \right) . \]
For every $ n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $ d(n)$ denote the number of (positive) divisors of $ n$. Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ with the following properties: [list][*] $ d\left(f(x)\right) \equal{} x$ for all $ x\in\mathbb{N}$.
[*] $ f(xy)$ divides $ (x \minus{} 1)y^{xy \minus{} 1}f(x)$ for all $ x$, $ y\in\mathbb{N}$.[/list]
[i]Proposed by Bruno Le Floch, France[/i]
Let $\mathbb{F}_p$ be the set of integers modulo $p$. Call a function $f : \mathbb{F}_p^2 \to \mathbb{F}_p$ [i]quasiperiodic[/i] if there exist $a,b \in \mathbb{F}_p$, not both zero, so that $f(x + a, y + b) = f(x, y)$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{F}_p$.
Find the number of functions $\mathbb{F}_p^2 \to \mathbb{F}_p$ that can be written as the sum of some number of quasiperiodic functions.
Let $f$ be a real-valued function such that $4f(x)+xf\left(\tfrac1x\right)=x+1$ for every positive real number $x$. Find $f(2014)$.
Function $f(x)=-\frac{1}{2}x^2+\frac{13}{2}$. If the minumum and maximum value of $f(x)$ are $2a$ and $2b$ respectively on $[a,b]$. Find $a,b$.
Let $ f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n$ be regular functions on a domain of the complex plane, linearly independent over the complex field. Prove that the functions $ f_i\overline{f}_k, \;1 \leq i,k \leq n$, are also linearly independent.
[i]L. Lempert[/i]
Let $\phi(n,m), m \neq 1$, be the number of positive integers less than or equal to $n$ that are coprime with $m.$ Clearly, $\phi(m,m) = \phi(m)$, where $\phi(m)$ is Euler’s phi function. Find all integers $m$ that satisfy the following inequality:
\[\frac{\phi(n,m)}{n} \geq \frac{\phi(m)}{m}\]
for every positive integer $n.$
Let $ f(x)$ be a nonzero, bounded, real function on an Abelian group $ G$, $ g_1,...,g_k$ are given elements of $ G$ and $ \lambda_1,...,\lambda_k$ are real numbers. Prove that if \[ \sum_{i=1}^k \lambda_i f(g_ix) \geq 0\] holds for all $ x \in G$, then \[ \sum_{i=1}^k \lambda_i \geq 0.\]
[i]A. Mate[/i]
A function $h : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is differentiable and satisfies $h(ax) = bh(x)$ for all $x$, where $a$ and $b$ are given positive numbers and $0 \not = |a| \not = 1$. Suppose that $h'(0) \not = 0$ and the function $h'$ is continuous at $x = 0$. Prove that $a = b$ and that there is a real number $c$ such that $h(x) = cx$ for all $x$.
When real numbers $x,\ y$ moves in the constraint with $x^2+xy+y^2=6.$
Find the range of $x^2y+xy^2-x^2-2xy-y^2+x+y.$
30 points
Let a function $f$ satisfy $f(1) = 1$ and $f(1)+ f(2)+...+ f(n) = n^2f(n)$ for all $n \in N$. Determine $f(1995)$.
Let $f:S\to\mathbb{R}$ be the function from the set of all right triangles into the set of real numbers, defined by $f(\Delta ABC)=\frac{h}{r}$, where $h$ is the height with respect to the hypotenuse and $r$ is the inscribed circle's radius. Find the image, $Im(f)$, of the function.
Let $f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function satisfying $f(x) + f(y) + f(z) \ge 0$ for all integers $x, y, z$ with $x + y + z = 0$. Prove that
\[ f(-2017) + f(-2016) + \cdots + f(2016) + f(2017) \ge 0. \]
Suppose that
[asy]
unitsize(18);
draw((0,0)--(2,0)--(1,sqrt(3))--cycle);
label("$a$",(1,sqrt(3)-0.2),S);
label("$b$",(sqrt(3)/10,0.1),ENE);
label("$c$",(2-sqrt(3)/10,0.1),WNW);
[/asy]
means $a+b-c$.
For example,
[asy]
unitsize(18);
draw((0,0)--(2,0)--(1,sqrt(3))--cycle);
label("$5$",(1,sqrt(3)-0.2),S);
label("$4$",(sqrt(3)/10,0.1),ENE);
label("$6$",(2-sqrt(3)/10,0.1),WNW);
[/asy]
is $5+4-6 = 3$.
Then the sum
[asy]
unitsize(18);
draw((0,0)--(2,0)--(1,sqrt(3))--cycle);
label("$1$",(1,sqrt(3)-0.2),S);
label("$3$",(sqrt(3)/10,0.1),ENE);
label("$4$",(2-sqrt(3)/10,0.1),WNW);
draw((3,0)--(5,0)--(4,sqrt(3))--cycle);
label("$2$",(4,sqrt(3)-0.2),S);
label("$5$",(3+sqrt(3)/10,0.1),ENE);
label("$6$",(5-sqrt(3)/10,0.1),WNW);
label("$+$",(2.5,-0.1),N);
[/asy]
is
$\text{(A)}\ -2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ -1 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 0 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2$
Determine the positive numbers $a{}$ for which the following statement true: for any function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ which is continuous at each point of this interval and for which $f(0)=f(1)=0$, the equation $f(x+a)-f(x)=0$ has at least one solution.
[i]Proposed by I. Yaglom[/i]
Let $\alpha\in\mathbb{Q}^+$. Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}^+\to\mathbb{Q}^+$ that for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Q}^+$ satisfy the equation
\[ f\left(\frac{x}{y}+y\right) ~=~ \frac{f(x)}{f(y)}+f(y)+\alpha x.\]
Here $\mathbb{Q}^+$ denote the set of positive rational numbers.
(Proposed by Walther Janous)
Find all functions $f:\Bbb {R} \rightarrow \Bbb {R} $ such that:
$$f(x+y)f(x^2-xy+y^2)=x^3+y^3$$
for all reals $x, y $.
Let $ f : \mathbf{R} \to \mathbf{R} $ be a smooth function such that $f'(x)=f(1-x)$ for all $x$ and $f(0)=1$. Find $f(1)$.
If $0 \leq a \leq b \leq c \leq d,$ prove that
\[a^bb^cc^dd^a \geq b^ac^bd^ca^d.\]
Find all continous functions $f:[0,1]\to[0,2]$ with the property that $\left(\int_{\frac1{n+1}}^{\frac1n}xf(x)dx\right)^2=\int_{\frac1{n+1}}^{\frac1n}x^2f(x)dx, \forall n\in\mathbb N^*$.
[i]Gabriel Marsanu, Andrei Nedelcu[/i]
[b]a)[/b] prove that for every compressed set $K$ in the space $\mathbb R^3$, the function $f:\mathbb R^3 \longrightarrow \mathbb R$ that $f(p)=inf\{|p-k|,k\in K\}$ is continuous.
[b]b)[/b] prove that we cannot cover the sphere $S^2\subseteq \mathbb R^3$ with it's three closed sets, such that none of them contain two antipodal points.
With $\sigma (n)$ we denote the sum of natural divisors of the natural number $n$. Prove that, if $n$ is the product of different prime numbers of the form $2^k-1$ for $k \in \mathbb{N}$($Mersenne's$ prime numbers) , than $\sigma (n)=2^m$, for some $m \in \mathbb{N}$. Is the inverse statement true?
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $$f(x + y) \ge xf(x) + yf(y)$$, for all $x, y \in R$ .