Found problems: 4776
Determine whether there exists a polynomial $f(x_1, x_2)$ with two variables, with integer coefficients, and two points $A=(a_1, a_2)$ and $B=(b_1, b_2)$ in the plane, satisfying the following conditions:
(i) $A$ is an integer point (i.e $a_1$ and $a_2$ are integers);
(ii) $|a_1-b_1|+|a_2-b_2|=2010$;
(iii) $f(n_1, n_2)>f(a_1, a_2)$ for all integer points $(n_1, n_2)$ in the plane other than $A$;
(iv) $f(x_1, x_2)>f(b_1, b_2)$ for all integer points $(x_1, x_2)$ in the plane other than $B$.
[i]Massimo Gobbino, Italy[/i]
Investigate topologically the Riemann surface of the function
\[w=\arctan z\]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}^+\to \mathbb{R}$, which satisfies $f(n+1)\geq f(n)$ for all $n\geq 1$ and $f(mn)=f(m)f(n)$ for all $(m,n)=1$.
Let $n$ be a positive integer number and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be $n$ positive real numbers. Prove that $f : [0, \infty) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, defined by
\[f(x) = \dfrac{a_1 + x}{a_2 + x} + \dfrac{a_2 + x}{a_3 + x} + \cdots + \dfrac{a_{n-1} + x}{a_n + x} + \dfrac{a_n + x}{a_1 + x}, \]
is a decreasing function.
[i]Dan Marinescu et al.[/i]
Let $\mathbb{N}$ be the set of positive integers. For every $n \in \mathbb{N}$, define $d(n)$ as the number of positive divisors of $n$. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that:
a) $d(f(x)) = x$ for all $x \in \mathbb{N}$
b) $f(xy)$ divides $(x-1)y^{xy-1}f(x)$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{N}$
Let $\Bbb{Z}^+$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f:\Bbb{Z}^+\to \Bbb{Z}^+$ that satisfy the following condition: for each positive integer $n,$ there exists a positive integer $k$ such that $$\sum_{i=1}^k f_i(n)=kn,$$ where $f_1(n)=f(n)$ and $f_{i+1}(n)=f(f_i(n)),$ for $i\geq 1. $
Function $f : \mathbb{R^+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R^+}$ satisfies the following condition.
(Condition) For each positive real number $x$, there exists a positive real number $y$ such that $(x + f(y))(y + f(x)) \leq 4$, and the number of $y$ is finite.
Prove $f(x) > f(y)$ for any positive real numbers $x < y$. ($\mathbb{R^+}$ is a set for all positive real numbers.)
Given an integer $n\ge 2$, a function $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ is called [i]good[/i], if for any integer $k,1\le k\le n-1$ there exists an integer $j(k)$ such that for every integer $m$ we have
\[f(m+j(k))\equiv f(m+k)-f(m) \pmod{n+1}. \]
Find the number of [i]good[/i] functions.
Does there exist a function $f:\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ such that $f(x+f(y))=f(x)-y$ for all integers $x$ and $y$?
Find all triples $(f,g,h)$ of injective functions from the set of real numbers to itself satisfying
\begin{align*}
f(x+f(y)) &= g(x) + h(y) \\
g(x+g(y)) &= h(x) + f(y) \\
h(x+h(y)) &= f(x) + g(y)
\end{align*}
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$. (We say a function $F$ is [i]injective[/i] if $F(a)\neq F(b)$ for any distinct real numbers $a$ and $b$.)
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
Let $f:[0,1]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be an integrable function such that:
\[0<\left\vert \int_{0}^{1}f(x)\, \text{d}x\right\vert\le 1.\]
Show that there exists $x_1\not= x_2, x_1,x_2\in [0,1]$, such that:
\[\int_{x_1}^{x_2}f(x)\, \text{d}x=(x_1-x_2)^{2002}\]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(x)f(y) = (x+y+1)^2 \cdot f \left( \frac{xy-1}{x+y+1} \right)\] $\forall x,y \in \mathbb{R}$ with $x+y+1 \neq 0$ and $f(x) > 1$ $\forall x > 0.$
[b]Randy:[/b] "Hi Rachel, that's an interesting quadratic equation you have written down. What are its roots?''
[b]Rachel:[/b] "The roots are two positive integers. One of the roots is my age, and the other root is the age of my younger brother, Jimmy.''
[b]Randy:[/b] "That is very neat! Let me see if I can figure out how old you and Jimmy are. That shouldn't be too difficult since all of your coefficients are integers. By the way, I notice that the sum of the three coefficients is a prime number.''
[b]Rachel:[/b] "Interesting. Now figure out how old I am.''
[b]Randy:[/b] "Instead, I will guess your age and substitute it for $x$ in your quadratic equation $\dots$ darn, that gives me $-55$, and not $0$.''
[b]Rachel:[/b] "Oh, leave me alone!''
(1) Prove that Jimmy is two years old.
(2) Determine Rachel's age.
Let $a,b,c,d \in [-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}]$ be real numbers such that
$\sin{a}+\sin{b}+\sin{c}+\sin{d}=1$ and $\cos{2a}+\cos{2b}+\cos{2c}+\cos{2d}\geq \frac{10}{3}$.
Prove that $a,b,c,d \in [0, \frac{\pi}{6}]$
The function $f(x)$ is defined on the reals such that
$$f\left(\frac{1-4x}{4-x}\right) = 4-xf(x)$$
for all $x \ne 4$. There exists two distinct real numbers $a, b \ne 4$ such that $f(a) = f(b) = \frac{5}{2}$. $a+b$ can be represented as $\frac{p}{q}$ where $p, q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $10p + q$.
$f: \mathbb R\longrightarrow\mathbb R^{+}$ is a non-decreasing function. Prove that there is a point $a\in\mathbb R$ that \[f(a+\frac1{f(a)})<2f(a)\]
Let $f:[0,\infty)\to(0,\infty)$ a continous function such that $\lim_{n\to\infty} \int^x_0 f(t)dt$ exists and it is finite. Prove that
\[ \lim_{x\to\infty} \frac 1{\sqrt x} \int^x_0 \sqrt {f(t)} dt = 0. \]
[i]Radu Miculescu[/i]
Find all $t\in \mathbb Z$ such that: exists a function $f:\mathbb Z^+\to \mathbb Z$ such that:
$f(1997)=1998$
$\forall x,y\in \mathbb Z^+ , \text{gcd}(x,y)=d : f(xy)=f(x)+f(y)+tf(d):P(x,y)$
Let $G$ a $n$ elements group. Find all the functions $f:G\rightarrow \mathbb{N}^*$ such that:
(a) $f(x)=1$ if and only if $x$ is $G$'s identity;
(b) $f(x^k)=\frac{f(x)}{(f(x),k)}$ for any divisor $k$ of $n$, where $(r,s)$ stands for the greatest common divisor of the positive integers $r$ and $s$.
Prove the inequality
\[ \sqrt {a^{1 \minus{} a}b^{1 \minus{} b}c^{1 \minus{} c}} \le \frac {1}{3}
\]
holds for all positive real numbers $ a$, $ b$ and $ c$ with $ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \equal{} 1$.
Let $f : Z_+ \to Z_+$ such that:
a) $f(n + 1) > f(n)$ for all $n \in Z_+$
b) $f(n + f(m)) = f(n) + m + 1$ for all $n,m \in Z_+$
Find $f(2006)$.
Consider the function $ f(\theta) \equal{} \int_0^1 |\sqrt {1 \minus{} x^2} \minus{} \sin \theta|dx$ in the interval of $ 0\leq \theta \leq \frac {\pi}{2}$.
(1) Find the maximum and minimum values of $ f(\theta)$.
(2) Evaluate $ \int_0^{\frac {\pi}{2}} f(\theta)\ d\theta$.
Let $f:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N} \setminus \left \{ 1 \right \}$ be a function which satisfies both the inequality $f(a+f(a)) \leq 2a+3$ and the equation
$$f(f(a)+b) = f(a+f(b)),$$
for any two $a,b \in \mathbb{N}$. Let $g:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be defined with: $g(a)$ is the largest prime divisor of $f(a)$. Prove that there exist integers $a>b>2024$ such that $b|a$ and $g(a) = g(b)$.
Consider a function $f(x)=\frac{\sin x}{9+16\sin ^ 2 x}\ \left(0\leq x\leq \frac{\pi}{2}\right).$ Let $a$ be the value of $x$ for which $f(x)$ is maximized.
Evaluate $\int_a^{\frac{\pi}{2}} f(x)\ dx.$
[i]2010 Saitama University entrance exam/Mathematics[/i]
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A smooth function $f:I\to \mathbb{R}$ is said to be [i]totally convex[/i] if $(-1)^k f^{(k)}(t) > 0$ for all $t\in I$ and every integer $k>0$ (here $I$ is an open interval).
Prove that every totally convex function $f:(0,+\infty)\to \mathbb{R}$ is real analytic.
[b]Note[/b]: A function $f:I\to \mathbb{R}$ is said to be [i]smooth[/i] if for every positive integer $k$ the derivative of order $k$ of $f$ is well defined and continuous over $\mathbb{R}$. A smooth function $f:I\to \mathbb{R}$ is said to be [i]real analytic[/i] if for every $t\in I$ there exists $\epsilon> 0$ such that for all real numbers $h$ with $|h|<\epsilon$ the Taylor series
\[\sum_{k\geq 0}\frac{f^{(k)}(t)}{k!}h^k\]
converges and is equal to $f(t+h)$.