Found problems: 1513
Let $ f(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients and $ \alpha$ be a real number such that \[ \alpha^3 \minus{} \alpha \equal{} [f(\alpha)]^3 \minus{} f(\alpha) \equal{} 33^{1992}.\] Prove that for each $ n \geq 1,$ \[ \left [ f^{n}(\alpha) \right]^3 \minus{} f^{n}(\alpha) \equal{} 33^{1992},\] where $ f^{n}(x) \equal{} f(f(\cdots f(x))),$ and $ n$ is a positive integer.
Let $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a function which satisfies the following:
[list][*] $f(m)=m$, for all $m\in\mathbb{Z}$;[*] $f(\frac{a+b}{c+d})=\frac{f(\frac{a}{c})+f(\frac{b}{d})}{2}$, for all $a, b, c, d\in\mathbb{Z}$ such that $|ad-bc|=1$, $c>0$ and $d>0$;[*] $f$ is monotonically increasing.[/list]
(a) Prove that the function $f$ is unique.
(b) Find $f(\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2})$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that
$$f\left(x^2+f(y)\right)-y=(f(x+y)-y)^2$$holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb R$.
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ such that $$|wf(z)+zf(w)|=2|zw|$$ for all $w,z\in\mathbb{C}$.
Let $\mathbb R^+$ be the set of all positive real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ satisfying \[f(x+y^2f(x^2))=f(xy)^2+f(x)\] for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^+$.
[i]Proposed by Shantanu Nene[/i]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb Z_{>0}\to \mathbb Z_{>0}$ such that $a+f(b)$ divides $a^2+bf(a)$ for all positive integers $a$ and $b$ with $a+b>2019$.
A function $f$ satisfies the equation
\[f\left(x\right)+f\left(1-\frac{1}{x}\right)=1+x\]
for every real number $x$ except for $x = 0$ and $x = 1$. Find a closed formula for $f$.
For each positive integer $k$, define $r(k)$ as the number of runs of $k$ in base-$2$, where a run is a collection of consecutive $0$s or consecutive $1$s without a larger one containing it. For example, $(11100100)_2$ has $4$ runs, namely $111-00-1-00$. Also, $r(0) = 0$. Given a positive integer $n$, find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ such that
\[\sum_{k=0}^{2^n-1} 2^{r(k)}f(k+(-1)^{k} x)=(-1)^{x+n}\text{ for all integer $x$.}\]
[i]Proposed by YaWNeeT[/i]
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ that satisfies the condition $$f(f(x - y)) = f(x)f(y) - f(x) + f(y) - xy$$ for all real numbers $x, y$.
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$f(x + f(y)) + f(x - f(y)) = x.$$
Determine all functionf $f : \mathbb{R} \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[ f(x+y) = f(x)f(y) - c \sin{x} \sin{y} \] for all reals $x,y$ where $c> 1$ is a given constant.
Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} $ such that $ f(f(x)^2+f(y)) = xf(x)+y $,$ \forall x,y\in R $.
Find all functions $f$ , defined and having values in the set of integer numbers, for which the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) $f(1) = 1$;
(b) for every two whole (integer) numbers $m$ and $n$, the following equality is satisfied:
$$f(m+n)·(f(m)-f(n)) = f(m-n)·(f(m)+ f(n))$$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R^+}\to\mathbb {R^+} $ such that for all $x,y\in R^+$ the followings hold:
$i) $ $f (x+y)\ge f (x)+y $
$ii) $ $f (f (x))\le x $
Find all functions $f : R_{>0} \to R$ such that $f \left(\frac{x}{y}\right) = f(x) + f(y) - f(x)f(y)$ for all $x, y \in R_{>0}$. Here, $R_{>0}$ denotes the set of all positive real numbers.
Nguyễn Duy Thái Sơn
Find all $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that, for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}-\{0\}$,
$$ f(x) \neq 0 \text{ and } \frac{f(x)}{f(y)} + \frac{f(y)}{f(x)} - f \left( \frac{x}{y}-\frac{y}{x} \right) =2 $$
Let $ g: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$, $ \omega \in \mathbb{C}$, $ a \in \mathbb{C}$, $ \omega^3 \equal{} 1$, and $ \omega \ne 1$. Show that there is one and only one function $ f: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ such that
\[ f(z) \plus{} f(\omega z \plus{} a) \equal{} g(z),z\in \mathbb{C}
\]
Let $\mathbb Z$ be the set of integers. We consider functions $f :\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z$ satisfying
\[f\left(f(x+y)+y\right)=f\left(f(x)+y\right)\]
for all integers $x$ and $y$. For such a function, we say that an integer $v$ is [i]f-rare[/i] if the set
\[X_v=\{x\in\mathbb Z:f(x)=v\}\]
is finite and nonempty.
(a) Prove that there exists such a function $f$ for which there is an $f$-rare integer.
(b) Prove that no such function $f$ can have more than one $f$-rare integer.
[i]Netherlands[/i]
A real number $\alpha$ is given. Find all functions $f : R^+ \to R^+$ satisfying
$\alpha x^2f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right) +f(x) =\frac{x}{x+1}$ for all $x > 0$.
For each integer $k\geq 2$, determine all infinite sequences of positive integers $a_1$, $a_2$, $\ldots$ for which there exists a polynomial $P$ of the form \[ P(x)=x^k+c_{k-1}x^{k-1}+\dots + c_1 x+c_0, \] where $c_0$, $c_1$, \dots, $c_{k-1}$ are non-negative integers, such that \[ P(a_n)=a_{n+1}a_{n+2}\cdots a_{n+k} \] for every integer $n\geq 1$.
Do there exist functions $f : R \to R$ and $g : R \to R$, $g$ being periodic, such that $$x^3= f(\lfloor x \rfloor ) + g(x)$$
for all real $x$ ?
Given two positive real numbers $a$ and $b$, suppose that a mapping $f : \mathbb R^+ \to \mathbb R^+$ satisfies the functional equation
\[f(f(x)) + af(x) = b(a + b)x.\]
Prove that there exists a unique solution of this equation.
Find a real function $f : [0,\infty)\to \mathbb R$ such that $f(2x+1) = 3f(x)+5$, for all $x$ in $[0,\infty)$.
Let $F$ be the set of all functions $f : N \to N$ which satisfy $f(f(x))-2 f(x)+x = 0$ for all $x \in N$.
Determine the set $A =\{ f(1989) | f \in F\}$.
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 $f(240).$