Olympiad problems

2007 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, Level 3, 4

Find all functions $ f:Z\to Z$ with the following property: if $x+y+z=0$, then $f(x)+f(y)+f(z)=xyz.$

2021 Science ON all problems, 1

Tags: functional equation , integration , differentiable function , calculus

Find all differentiable functions $f, g:[0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ and the real constant $k\geq 0$ such that \begin{align*} f(x) &=k+ \int_0^x \frac{g(t)}{f(t)}dt \\ g(x) &= -k-\int_0^x f(t)g(t) dt \end{align*} and $f(0)=k, f'(0)=-k^2/3$ and also $f(x)\neq 0$ for all $x\geq 0$.\\ \\ [i] (Nora Gavrea)[/i]

2016 Belarus Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: function , functional equation

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R},g:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that $$f(x-2f(y))= xf(y)-yf(x)+g(x)$$ for all real $x,y$

2018 Peru EGMO TST, 2

Tags: algebra , functional equation

Find all functions $f:\mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$, such that $2xyf(x^2-y^2)=(x^2-y^2)f(x)f(2y)$

2000 Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 4

Tags: functional equation , fe , functional inequality , algebra

Suppose that a function $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ satisfies the following conditions: (i) $\left|f(a)-f(b)\right|\le|a-b|$ for all $a,b\in\mathbb R$; (ii) $f(f(f(0)))=0$. Prove that $f(0)=0$.

2024 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 3

Tags: function , algebra , functional equation

Find all functions $f: \mathbb R^+ \to \mathbb R^+$ such that \[ f \left( x+\frac{f(xy)}{x} \right) = f(xy) f \left( y + \frac 1y \right) \] holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb R^+.$

2013 Albania Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: function , functional equation , algebra

Solve the function $f: \Re \to \Re$: \[ f( x^{3} )+ f(y^{3}) = (x+y)(f(x^{2} )+f(y^{2} )-f(xy))\]

1999 Austrian-Polish Competition, 3

Tags: system of equations , functional equation , functional , algebra

Given an integer $n \ge 2$, find all sustems of $n$ functions$ f_1,..., f_n : R \to R$ such that for all $x,y \in R$ $$\begin{cases} f_1(x)-f_2 (x)f_2(y)+ f_1(y) = 0 \\ f_2(x^2)-f_3 (x)f_3(y)+ f_2(y^2) = 0 \\ ... \\ f_n(x^n)-f_1 (x)f_1(y)+ f_n(y^n) = 0 \end {cases}$$

2019 South Africa National Olympiad, 5

Tags: algebra , functional equation

Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}$ such that $$ f(a^3) + f(b^3) + f(c^3) + 3f(a + b)f(b + c)f(c + a) = {(f(a + b + c))}^3 $$ for all integers $a, b, c$.

2023 Israel Olympic Revenge, P3

Tags: functional equation , algebra , function

Find all (weakly) increasing $f\colon \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ for which \[f(f(x)+y)=f(f(y)+x)\] holds for all $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$.

2011 Mathcenter Contest + Longlist, 7 sl9

Tags: functional equation , algebra , functional

Find the function $\displaystyle{f : \mathbb{R}-\left\{ 0\,\right\} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} }$ such that $$f(x)+f(1-\frac{1}{x}) = \frac{1}{x},\,\,\, \forall x \in \mathbb{R}- \{ 0, 1\,\}$$ [i](-InnoXenT-)[/i]

2019 Danube Mathematical Competition, 2

Tags: function , find all functions , algebra , functional equation

Find all nondecreasing functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that verify the relation $$ f\left( f\left( x^2 \right) +y+f(y) \right) =x^2+2f(y) , $$ for any real numbers $ x,y. $

2021 Dutch IMO TST, 3

Tags: functional , functional equation , algebra

Find all functions $f : R \to R$ with $f (x + yf(x + y))= y^2 + f(x)f(y)$ for all $x, y \in R$.

1986 Poland - Second Round, 1

Tags: continuous , functional , functional equation , algebra

Determine all functions $ f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} $ continuous at zero and such that for every real number $ x $ the equality holds $$ 2f(2x) = f(x) + x.$$

2020 ELMO Problems, P1

Tags: algebra , functional equation

Let $\mathbb{N}$ be the set of all positive integers. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that $$f^{f^{f(x)}(y)}(z)=x+y+z+1$$ for all $x,y,z \in \mathbb{N}$. [i]Proposed by William Wang.[/i]

2025 Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad, P10

Tags: functional equation , algebra

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that$$f(x+f(y^2)) + f(xy) = f(x) + yf(x+y)$$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$. [i]Proposed by Md. Fuad Al Alam[/i]

2024 Malaysian IMO Training Camp, 3

Tags: algebra , functional equation

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^+$ such that for all $x, y\in\mathbb{R}^+$, \[ \frac{f(x)}{y^2} - \frac{f(y)}{x^2} \le \left(\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y}\right)^2\] ($\mathbb{R}^+$ denotes the set of positive real numbers.) [i](Proposed by Ivan Chan Guan Yu)[/i]

2015 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 7

Tags: algebra , functional equation , function

Find all finite and non-empty sets $A$ of functions $f: \mathbb{R} \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $f_1, f_2 \in A$, there exists $g \in A$ such that for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$ $$f_1 \left(f_2 (y)-x\right)+2x=g(x+y)$$

2004 IMO Shortlist, 4

Tags: algebra , polynomial , functional equation

Find all polynomials $f$ with real coefficients such that for all reals $a,b,c$ such that $ab+bc+ca = 0$ we have the following relations \[ f(a-b) + f(b-c) + f(c-a) = 2f(a+b+c). \]

2012 Dutch IMO TST, 5

Tags: functional equation , algebra

Find all functions $f : R \to R$ satisfying $f(x + xy + f(y))=(f(x) + \frac12)(f(y) + \frac12 )$ for all $x, y \in R$.

2024 IFYM, Sozopol, 1

Tags: functional equation , algebra

Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \to \mathbb{R}^{+} $ such that: \[ f(x^2 + y) = xf(x) + \frac{f(y^2)}{y} \] for any positive real numbers $ x $ and $ y $.

2021 2nd Memorial "Aleksandar Blazhevski-Cane", 6

Tags: algebra , functional equation

Let $\mathbb{R}^{+}$ be the set of all positive real numbers. Find all the functions $f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}^{+}$, \[ f(x)f(y) = f(y)f(xf(y)) + \frac{1}{xy}. \]

2018 VJIMC, 4

Tags: function , functional equation , decreasing , limit

Determine all possible (finite or infinite) values of \[\lim_{x \to -\infty} f(x)-\lim_{x \to \infty} f(x),\] if $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a strictly decreasing continuous function satisfying \[f(f(x))^4-f(f(x))+f(x)=1\] for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.

2021 China National Olympiad, 6

Tags: functional equation

Find $f: \mathbb{Z}_+ \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_+$, such that for any $x,y \in \mathbb{Z}_+$, $$f(f(x)+y)\mid x+f(y).$$

2011 Turkey Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: function , algorithm , induction , number theory , euclidean algorithm , algebra , functional equation

Let $\mathbb{Q^+}$ denote the set of positive rational numbers. Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{Q^+} \to \mathbb{Q^+}$ that satisfy the conditions \[ f \left( \frac{x}{x+1}\right) = \frac{f(x)}{x+1} \qquad \text{and} \qquad f \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=\frac{f(x)}{x^3}\] for all $x \in \mathbb{Q^+}.$