Found problems: 4776
Let's call a function $f : R \to R$ [i]cool[/i] if there are real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $f(x + a)$ is an even function and $f(x + b)$ is an odd function.
(a) Prove that every cool function is periodic.
(b) Give an example of a periodic function that is not cool.
[b]4.[/b] Find all functions of two variables defined over the entire plane that satisfy the relations $f(x+u,y+u)=f(x,y)+u$ and $f(xv,yv)= f(x,y) v$ for any real numbers $x,y,u,v$. [b](R.12)[/b]
Find all functions $f$ from the reals into the reals such that \[ f(ab) = f(a+b) \] for all irrational $a, b$.
Let $ a$ and $ b$ be positive real numbers with $ a\ge b$. Let $ \rho$ be the maximum possible value of $ \frac{a}{b}$ for which the system of equations
\[ a^2\plus{}y^2\equal{}b^2\plus{}x^2\equal{}(a\minus{}x)^2\plus{}(b\minus{}y)^2\]has a solution in $ (x,y)$ satisfying $ 0\le x<a$ and $ 0\le y<b$. Then $ \rho^2$ can be expressed as a fraction $ \frac{m}{n}$, where $ m$ and $ n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $ m\plus{}n$.
Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} $ such that $f(x^2 - y^2) = (x+y)(f(x) - f(y))$ for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
$f(x)=ax^2-c$. If$-4\leq f(1)\leq -1,-z\leq f(2)\leq 5$, then
$\text{(A)}7\leq f(3)\leq26\qquad\text{(B)}-4\leq f(3)\leq15\qquad\text{(C)}-1\leq f(3)\leq23\qquad\text{(D)}-\frac{28}{3}\leq f(3)\leq\frac{35}{3}$
Let $S_1$ and $S_2$ be two spheres with distinct radii that touch externally. The spheres lie inside a cone $C$, and each sphere touches the cone in a full circle. Inside the cone there are $n$ additional solid spheres arranged in a ring in such a way that each solid sphere touches the cone $C$, both of the spheres $S_1$ and $S_2$ externally, as well as the two neighboring solid spheres. What are the possible values of $n$?
[i]Proposed by Iceland.[/i]
Suppose from $(m+2)\times(n+2)$ rectangle we cut $4$, $1\times1$ corners. Now on first and last row first and last columns we write $2(m+n)$ real numbers. Prove we can fill the interior $m\times n$ rectangle with real numbers that every number is average of it's $4$ neighbors.
Consider the set $\mathcal{F}$ of functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ (where $\mathbb{N}$ is the set of non-negative integers) having the property that
\[f(a^2-b^2)=f(a)^2-f(b)^2,\ \text{for all }a,b\in\mathbb{N},\ a\ge b.\]
a) Determine the set $\{f(1)\mid f\in\mathcal{F}\}$.
b) Prove that $\mathcal{F}$ has exactly two elements.
[i]Nelu Chichirim[/i]
Let $\mathbb N_0$ be the set of non-negative integers. There is a triple $(f,a,b)$, where $f$ is a function from $\mathbb N_0$ to $\mathbb N_0$ and $a,b\in\mathbb N_0$ that satisfies the following conditions:
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[*]$f(1)=2$
[*]$f(a)+f(b)\leq 2\sqrt{f(a)}$
[*]For all $n>0$, we have $f(n)=f(n-1)f(b)+2n-f(b)$
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Find the sum of all possible values of $f(b+100)$.
Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers. Show that
$\frac{(m+n)!}{(m+n)^{m+n}} < \frac{m!}{m^m}\cdot\frac{n!}{n^n}$
Find all reals $x$ satisfying $0 \le x \le 5$ and
$\lfloor x^2-2x \rfloor = \lfloor x \rfloor ^2 - 2 \lfloor x \rfloor$.
We call a subset $B$ of natural numbers [i]loyal[/i] if there exists natural numbers $i\le j$ such that $B=\{i,i+1,\ldots,j\}$. Let $Q$ be the set of all [i]loyal[/i] sets. For every subset $A=\{a_1<a_2<\ldots<a_k\}$ of $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ we set
\[f(A)=\max_{1\le i \le k-1}{a_{i+1}-a_i}\qquad\text{and}\qquad g(A)=\max_{B\subseteq A, B\in Q} |B|.\] Furthermore, we define \[F(n)=\sum_{A\subseteq \{1,2,\ldots,n\}} f(A)\qquad\text{and}\qquad G(n)=\sum_{A\subseteq \{1,2,\ldots,n\}} g(A).\] Prove that there exists $m\in \mathbb N$ such that for each natural number $n>m$ we have $F(n)>G(n)$. (By $|A|$ we mean the number of elements of $A$, and if $|A|\le 1$, we define $f(A)$ to be zero).
[i]Proposed by Javad Abedi[/i]
Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that \[ f(m+n)f(m-n) = f(m^2) \] for $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$.
Find all function $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ such that
$f(f(x)+f(y))+f(x)f(y)=f(x+y)f(x-y)$
for all integer $x,y$
The function $f: \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \times \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \to \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ is such that $f(a,b) + f(b,c) = f(ac, b^2) + 1$ for any positive integers $a,b,c$. Assume there exists a positive integer $n$ such that $f(n, m) \leq f(n, m + 1)$ for all positive integers $m$. Determine all possible values of $f(2025, 2025)$.
Let be a function $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ satisfying the conditions:
$$ \left\{\begin{matrix} f(x+y) &\le & f(x)+f(y) \\ f(tx+(1-t)y) &\le & t(f(x)) +(1-t)f(y) \end{matrix}\right. , $$
for all real numbers $ x,y,t $ with $ t\in [0,1] . $
Prove that:
[b]a)[/b] $ f(b)+f(c)\le f(a)+f(d) , $ for any real numbers $ a,b,c,d $ such that $ a\le b\le c\le d $ and $ d-c=b-a. $
[b]b)[/b] for any natural number $ n\ge 3 $ and any $ n $ real numbers $ x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n, $ the following inequality holds.
$$ f\left( \sum_{1\le i\le n} x_i \right) +(n-2)\sum_{1\le i\le n} f\left( x_i \right)\ge \sum_{1\le i<j\le n} f\left( x_i+x_j \right) $$
Let $f(x) = x^{2}(1-x)^{2}$. What is the value of the sum
\begin{align*}
f\left(\frac{1}{2019}\right)-f\left(\frac{2}{2019}\right)+f\left(\frac{3}{2019}\right)-&f\left(\frac{4}{2019}\right)+\cdots\\
&\,+f\left(\frac{2017}{2019}\right) - f\left(\frac{2018}{2019}\right)?
\end{align*}
$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{2019^{4}}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{2018^{2}}{2019^{4}}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{2020^{2}}{2019^{4}}\qquad\textbf{(E) }1$
For any two nonnegative integers $n$ and $k$ satisfying $n\geq k$, we define the number $c(n,k)$ as follows:
- $c\left(n,0\right)=c\left(n,n\right)=1$ for all $n\geq 0$;
- $c\left(n+1,k\right)=2^{k}c\left(n,k\right)+c\left(n,k-1\right)$ for $n\geq k\geq 1$.
Prove that $c\left(n,k\right)=c\left(n,n-k\right)$ for all $n\geq k\geq 0$.
Given $n$ real numbers $a_1$, $a_2$ $\ldots$ $a_n$. ($n\geq 1$). Prove that there exists real numbers $b_1$, $b_2$ $\ldots$ $b_n$ satisfying:
(a) For any $1 \leq i \leq n$, $a_i - b_i$ is a positive integer.
(b)$\sum_{1 \leq i < j \leq n} (b_i - b_j)^2 \leq \frac{n^2-1}{12}$
Let $f(x) = \frac{x+1}{x-1}$. Then for $x^2 \neq 1$, $f(-x)$ is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{f(x)}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ -f(x)\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{f(-x)}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ -f(-x)\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ f(x) $
Let $f : \{ 1, 2, 3, \dots \} \to \{ 2, 3, \dots \}$ be a function such that $f(m + n) | f(m) + f(n) $ for all pairs $m,n$ of positive integers. Prove that there exists a positive integer $c > 1$ which divides all values of $f$.
Find the smallest positive integer $k$ for which there exists a colouring of the positive integers $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ with $k$ colours and a function $f:\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\to \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ with the following two properties:
$(i)$ For all positive integers $m,n$ of the same colour, $f(m+n)=f(m)+f(n).$
$(ii)$ There are positive integers $m,n$ such that $f(m+n)\ne f(m)+f(n).$
[i]In a colouring of $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ with $k$ colours, every integer is coloured in exactly one of the $k$ colours. In both $(i)$ and $(ii)$ the positive integers $m,n$ are not necessarily distinct.[/i]
Find all real functions $f$ defined on the real numbers except zero, satisfying
$f(2019) = 1$ and $f(x)f(y)+ f\left(\frac{2019}{x}\right) f\left(\frac{2019}{y}\right) =2f(xy)$ for all $x,y \ne 0$
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}^+\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^+$ such that for all positive integers $m,n$ with $m\ge n$, $$f(m\varphi(n^3)) = f(m)\cdot \varphi(n^3).$$
Here $\varphi(n)$ denotes the number of positive integers coprime to $n$ and not exceeding $n$.