Found problems: 4776
Determine all real numbers $ a$ such that there is a function $ f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfying \[ x\plus{}f(y)\equal{}af(y\plus{}f(x))\] for all real numbers $ x$ and $ y$.
[i]Hery Susanto, Malang[/i]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb R$ satisfying
\[f(x+y)f(x-y)=\left(f(x)+f(y)\right)^2-4x^2f(y),\]
For all $x,y\in\mathbb R$.
In the expansion of
\[ \left(1 \plus{} x \plus{} x^2 \plus{} \cdots \plus{} x^{27}\right)\left(1 \plus{} x \plus{} x^2 \plus{} \cdots \plus{} x^{14}\right)^2,
\]what is the coefficient of $ x^{28}$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 195 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 196 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 224 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 378 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 405$
A sequence of real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots$ satisfies the relation
$$a_n=-\max_{i+j=n}(a_i+a_j)\qquad\text{for all}\quad n>2017.$$
Prove that the sequence is bounded, i.e., there is a constant $M$ such that $|a_n|\leq M$ for all positive integers $n$.
Find the minimum value of $ 2x^2\plus{}2y^2\plus{}5z^2\minus{}2xy\minus{}4yz\minus{}4x\minus{}2z\plus{}15$ for real numbers $ x$, $ y$, $ z$.
Given a tetrahedron $ABCD$, $E$, $F$, $G$, are on the respectively on the segments $AB$, $AC$ and $AD$. Prove that:
i) area $EFG \leq$ max{area $ABC$,area $ABD$,area $ACD$,area $BCD$}.
ii) The same as above replacing "area" for "perimeter".
$f(x)$ is a function defined on $\mathbb{R}$, satisfying: $f(10+x)=f(10-x),f(20-x)=-f(20+x)$. Then, $f(x)$ is
$\text{(A)}$even function, but not periodic function
$\text{(B)}$even function, and periodic function
$\text{(C)}$odd function, but not periodic function
$\text{(D)}$odd function, and periodic function
Let $A= \{a_1,a_2, \cdots, a_n \}$ and $B=\{b_1,b_2 \cdots, b_n \}$ be two positive integer sets and $|A \cap B|=1$. $C= \{ \text{all the 2-element subsets of A} \} \cup \{ \text{all the 2-element subsets of B} \}$. Function $f: A \cup B \to \{ 0, 1, 2, \cdots 2 C_n^2 \}$ is injective. For any $\{x,y\} \in C$, denote $|f(x)-f(y)|$ as the $\textsl{mark}$ of $\{x,y\}$. If $n \geq 6$, prove that at least two elements in $C$ have the same $\textsl{mark}$.
Let $Q(x)$ be a non-zero polynomial and $k$ be a natural number. Prove that the polynomial $P(x) = (x-1)^kQ(x)$ has at least $k+1$ non-zero coefficients.
$P(x),Q(x)$ are two polynomials such that $P(x)=Q(x)$ has no real solution, and $P(Q(x))\equiv Q(P(x))\forall x\in\mathbb{R}$. Prove that $P(P(x))=Q(Q(x))$ has no real solution.
As $x$ ranges over the interval $(0,\infty)$, the function \[\sqrt{9x^2 + 173x + 900} - \sqrt{9x^2 + 77x + 900}\] ranges over the interval $(0,M)$. Find $M$.
For $ \frac {1}{e} < t < 1$, find the minimum value of $ \int_0^1 |xe^{ \minus{} x} \minus{} tx|dx$.
Let $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb R$ be a continuous function such that $f(0)=f(1)=0$. Prove that the set
$$A:=\{h\in[0,1]:f(x+h)=f(x)\text{ for some }x\in[0,1]\}$$is Lebesgue measureable and has Lebesgue measure at least $\frac12$.
Prove that there are no functions $f,g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $\forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}:$
$ f(x^2+g(y)) -f(x^2)+g(y)-g(x) \leq 2y$
and $f(x)\geq x^2$.
[i]Proposed by Mohammad Ahmadi[/i]
a) Let $f,g:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ be one to one maps. Show that the function $h:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ defined by $h(x)=f(x)g(x)$, for all $x\in\mathbb{Z}$, cannot be a surjective function.
b) Let $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ be a surjective function. Show that there exist surjective functions $g,h:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ such that $f(x)=g(x)h(x)$, for all $x\in\mathbb{Z}$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that:
$\bullet$ $f(x)<2$ for all $x\in (0,1)$;
$\bullet$ for all real numbers $x,y$ we have:
$$max\{f(x+y),f(x-y)\}=f(x)+f(y)$$
Proposed by Navid Safaei
Consider function $ f: R\to R$ which satisfies the conditions for any mutually distinct real numbers $ a,b,c,d$ satisfying $ \frac {a \minus{} b}{b \minus{} c} \plus{} \frac {a \minus{} d}{d \minus{} c} \equal{} 0$, $ f(a),f(b),f(c),f(d)$ are mutully different and $ \frac {f(a) \minus{} f(b)}{f(b) \minus{} f(c)} \plus{} \frac {f(a) \minus{} f(d)}{f(d) \minus{} f(c)} \equal{} 0.$ Prove that function $ f$ is linear
Find all surjective functions $ f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that for every $ m,n \in \mathbb{N}$ and every prime $ p,$ the number $ f(m + n)$ is divisible by $ p$ if and only if $ f(m) + f(n)$ is divisible by $ p$.
[i]Author: Mohsen Jamaali and Nima Ahmadi Pour Anari, Iran[/i]
Solve in positive integers the equation
\[ n \equal{} \varphi(n) \plus{} 402 ,
\]
where $ \varphi(n)$ is the number of positive integers less than $ n$ having no common prime factors with $ n$.
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ so that $\forall x: x\cdot f(\frac x2) - f(\frac2x) = 1$
Let $\mathbb N$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that:
(i) The greatest common divisor of the sequence $f(1), f(2), \dots$ is $1$.
(ii) For all sufficiently large integers $n$, we have $f(n) \neq 1$ and \[ f(a)^n \mid f(a+b)^{a^{n-1}} - f(b)^{a^{n-1}} \] for all positive integers $a$ and $b$.
[i]Proposed by Yang Liu[/i]
Consider the function $ f: \mathbb{N}_0\to\mathbb{N}_0$, where $ \mathbb{N}_0$ is the set of all non-negative
integers, defined by the following conditions :
$ (i)$ $ f(0) \equal{} 0$; $ (ii)$ $ f(2n) \equal{} 2f(n)$ and $ (iii)$ $ f(2n \plus{} 1) \equal{} n \plus{} 2f(n)$ for all $ n\geq 0$.
$ (a)$ Determine the three sets $ L \equal{} \{ n | f(n) < f(n \plus{} 1) \}$, $ E \equal{} \{n | f(n) \equal{} f(n \plus{} 1) \}$, and $ G \equal{} \{n | f(n) > f(n \plus{} 1) \}$.
$ (b)$ For each $ k \geq 0$, find a formula for $ a_k \equal{} \max\{f(n) : 0 \leq n \leq 2^k\}$ in terms of $ k$.
The faces of a cubical die are marked with the numbers $ 1$, $ 2$, $ 2$, $ 3$, $ 3$, and $ 4$. The faces of a second cubical die are marked with the numbers $ 1$, $ 3$, $ 4$, $ 5$, $ 6$, and $ 8$. Both dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the two top numbers will be $ 5$, $ 7$, or $ 9$ ?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {5}{18} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {7}{18} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {11}{18} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {3}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {8}{9}$
Show that for all real numbers $x, y$ satisfying $x+y \geq 0$
\[ (x^2+y^2)^3 \geq 32(x^3+y^3)(xy-x-y) \]
Find all surjective functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that for every $x,y\in \mathbb R,$ we have
\[f(x+f(x)+2f(y))=f(2x)+f(2y).\]