Found problems: 1513
Consider the function $f : R^+ \to R^+$ and satisfying
$$f(x + 2y + f(x + y)) = f(2x) + f(3y), \,\, \forall \,\, x, y > 0.$$
1. Find all functions $f(x)$ that satisfy the given condition.
2. Suppose that $f(4\sin^4x)f(4\cos^4x) \ge f^2(1)$ for all $x \in \left(0\frac{\pi}{2}\right) $. Find the minimum value of $f(2022)$.
Let $f(n)$ be defined on the positive integers and satisfy:
$f(prime) = 1$, $f(ab) = a f(b) + f(a) b$.
Show that $f$ is unique and find all $n$ such that $n = f(n)$.
For which $a$, there is a function $f: R \to R$, different from a constant, such that
$$f(a(x + y)) = f(x) + f(y) ?$$
Find all functions $f : R_{>0} \to R_{>0}$ with the following property:
$$f \left( \frac{x}{y + 1}\right) = 1 - xf(x + y)$$ for all $x > y > 0$ .
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]
Determine the least possible value of $f(1998),$ where $f:\Bbb{N}\to \Bbb{N}$ is a function such that for all $m,n\in {\Bbb N}$,
\[f\left( n^{2}f(m)\right) =m\left( f(n)\right) ^{2}. \]
Find all functions $f : Q \to Q$, such that $$f(x + f (y + f(z))) = y + f(x + z)$$ for all $x ,y ,z \in Q$ .
(I. Voronovich)
Let $f$ be a real-valued function defined for all real numbers, such that for some $a>0$ we have \[ f(x+a)={1\over2}+\sqrt{f(x)-f(x)^2} \] for all $x$.
Prove that $f$ is periodic, and give an example of such a non-constant $f$ for $a=1$.
Let $0<f(1)<f(2)<f(3)<\ldots$ a sequence with all its terms positive$.$ The $n-th$ positive integer which doesn't belong to the sequence is $f(f(n))+1.$ Find $f(240).$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to\mathbb{R}^+$ such that whenever $a>b>c>d>0$ and $ad=bc$,
\[f(a+d)+f(b-c)=f(a-d)+f(b+c).\]
[i]Calvin Deng.[/i]
Let $k$ be a fixed real number. Find all functions $f: R \to R$ such that $f(x)+ (f(y))^2 = kf(x + y^2)$ for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that we have $f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + f(xy)$ for all $ x,y\in \mathbb{R}$
Find all functions $f : R- \{-1\} \to R$ such that
$$f(x)f \left( f \left(\frac{1 - y}{1 + y} \right)\right) = f\left(\frac{x + y}{xy + 1}\right) $$
for all $x, y \in R$ that satisfy $(x + 1)(y + 1)(xy + 1) \ne 0$.
Find all continuous functions $f$ such that $f(x)+ f(x^2) = 0$ for all real numbers $x$.
Let $\mathbb{Z}^+$ be the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}^+ \rightarrow\mathbb{Z}^+$ such that the following conditions both hold:
(i) $f(n!)=f(n)!$ for every positive integer $n$,
(ii) $m-n$ divides $f(m)-f(n)$ whenever $m$ and $n$ are different positive integers.
find all $k$ distinct integers $a_1,a_2,...,a_k$ such that there exists an injective function $f$ from reals to themselves such that for each positive integer $n$ we have
$$\{f^n(x)-x| x \in \mathbb{R} \}=\{a_1+n,a_2+n,...,a_k+n\}$$.
The function $ F$ is defined on the set of nonnegative integers and takes nonnegative integer values satisfying the following conditions: for every $ n \geq 0,$
(i) $ F(4n) \equal{} F(2n) \plus{} F(n),$
(ii) $ F(4n \plus{} 2) \equal{} F(4n) \plus{} 1,$
(iii) $ F(2n \plus{} 1) \equal{} F(2n) \plus{} 1.$
Prove that for each positive integer $ m,$ the number of integers $ n$ with $ 0 \leq n < 2^m$ and $ F(4n) \equal{} F(3n)$ is $ F(2^{m \plus{} 1}).$
Let $f$ be a function defined on the set of positive integers , and with values in the same set, which satisfies:
$\bullet$ $f (n + f (n)) = 1$ for all $n\ge 1$.
$\bullet$ $f (1998) = 2$
Find the lowest possible value of the sum $f (1) + f (2) +... + f (1999)$, and find the formula of $f$ for which this minimum is satisfied,
Find all $f:R-R$ such that $f(x^2+y+f(y))=2y+f(x)^2$
Let $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ be the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that, for all $m, n \in \mathbb{Z}_{>0 }$:
$$f(mf(n)) + f(n) | mn + f(f(n)).$$
[b]a)[/b] Prove that not all functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that satisfy the equality
$$ f(x-1)+f(x+1) =\sqrt 5f(x) ,\quad\forall x\in\mathbb{R} , $$
are periodic.
[b]b)[/b] Prove that that all functions $ g:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that satisfy the equality
$$ g(x-1)+g(x+1)=\sqrt 3g(x) ,\quad\forall x\in\mathbb{R} , $$
are periodic.
Find all $f: R \longrightarrow R$ such that
\[f(xy+f(x))=xf(y)+f(x)\]
for every pair of real numbers $x,y$.
Find all nondecreasing functions $f:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ such that, for all $x,y\in \mathbb R$, $$f(f(x))+f(y)=f(x+f(y))+1.$$
[i]Proposed by Carl Schildkraut[/i]
The function $f$ is defined on the set $\mathbb{Q}$ of all rational numbers and has values in $\mathbb{Q}$. It satisfies the conditions $f(1) = 2$ and $f(xy) = f(x)f(y) - f(x+y) + 1$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{Q}$. Determine $f$.
Find all $a\in\mathbb{R}$ such that there is function $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$
i) $f(1)=2016$
ii) $f(x+y+f(y))=f(x)+ay\quad\forall x,y\in\mathbb{R}$