Found problems: 1513
2025 Azerbaijan IZhO TST, 4
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}\rightarrow\mathbb{Q}$ and $g:\mathbb{Q}\rightarrow\mathbb{Q}$ such that
$$f(f(x)+yg(x))=(x+1)g(y)+f(y)$$
for any $x;y\in\mathbb{Q}$
2022 Balkan MO Shortlist, A5
Find all functions $f: (0, \infty) \to (0, \infty)$ such that
\begin{align*}
f(y(f(x))^3 + x) = x^3f(y) + f(x)
\end{align*}
for all $x, y>0$.
[i]Proposed by Jason Prodromidis, Greece[/i]
2017 Turkey Team Selection Test, 7
Let $a$ be a real number. Find the number of functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ depending on $a$, such that $f(xy+f(y))=f(x)y+a$ holds for every $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$.
2022 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 2
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $$f(x + zf(y)) = f(x) + zf(y), $$ for all $x, y, z \in R$.
1975 IMO, 6
Determine the polynomials P of two variables so that:
[b]a.)[/b] for any real numbers $t,x,y$ we have $P(tx,ty) = t^n P(x,y)$ where $n$ is a positive integer, the same for all $t,x,y;$
[b]b.)[/b] for any real numbers $a,b,c$ we have $P(a + b,c) + P(b + c,a) + P(c + a,b) = 0;$
[b]c.)[/b] $P(1,0) =1.$
2016 Postal Coaching, 3
Find all real numbers $a$ such that there exists a function $f:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ such that the following conditions are simultaneously satisfied: (a) $f(f(x))=xf(x)-ax,\;\forall x\in\mathbb{R};$ (b) $f$ is not a constant function; (c) $f$ takes the value $a$.
2022 Balkan MO Shortlist, A6
Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{R}^2 \to\mathbb {R}$ for which \[f(A)+f(B)+f(C)+f(D)=0,\]whenever $A,B,C,D$ are the vertices of a square with side-length one.
[i]Ilir Snopce[/i]
2021 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 20
The mapping $f$ assigns a circle to every triangle in the plane so that the following conditions hold. (We consider all nondegenerate triangles and circles of nonzero radius.)
[b](a)[/b] Let $\sigma$ be any similarity in the plane and let $\sigma$ map triangle $\Delta_1$ onto triangle $\Delta_2$. Then $\sigma$ also maps circle $f(\Delta_1)$ onto circle $f(\Delta_2)$.
[b](b)[/b] Let $A,B,C$ and $D$ be any four points in general position. Then circles $f(ABC),f(BCD),f(CDA)$ and $f(DAB)$ have a common point.
Prove that for any triangle $\Delta$, the circle $f(\Delta)$ is the Euler circle of $\Delta$.
2008 Indonesia TST, 2
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 $x, y$.
2024 Chile TST IMO, 4
Let $\alpha$ be a real number. Find all the functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(f(x+y))=f(x+y) +f(x)f(y)+ \alpha xy$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$
2010 Mathcenter Contest, 6
Find all $a\in\mathbb{N}$ such that exists a bijective function $g :\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ and a function $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$, such that for all $x\in\mathbb{N}$,
$$f(f(f(...f(x)))...)=g(x)+a$$ where $f$ appears $2009$ times.
[i](tatari/nightmare)[/i]
2015 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, P2, 1
Let $f: \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ be a function with the following properties:
(i) $f(1) = 0$
(ii) $f(p) = 1$ for all prime numbers $p$
(iii) $f(xy) = y \cdot f(x) + x \cdot f(y)$ for all $x,y$ in $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$
Determine the smallest integer $n \ge 2015$ that satisfies $f(n) = n$.
(Gerhard J. Woeginger)
2011 IMAR Test, 3
Given an integer number $n \ge 2$, show that there exists a function $f : R \to R$ such that $f(x) + f(2x) + ...+ f(nx) = 0$, for all $x \in R$, and $f(x) = 0$ if and only if $x = 0$.
2006 Flanders Math Olympiad, 4
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}\backslash\{0,1\} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[ f(x)+f\left(\frac{1}{1-x}\right) = 1+\frac{1}{x(1-x)}. \]
2022 Kosovo Team Selection Test, 1
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all real numbers $x$ and $y$,
$$f(x^2)+2f(xy)=xf(x+y)+yf(x).$$
[i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Kosovo[/i]
2021-IMOC, A4
Find all functions f : R-->R such that
f (f (x) + y^2) = x −1 + (y + 1)f (y)
holds for all real numbers x, y
PEN K Problems, 31
Find all strictly increasing functions $f: \mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{N}$ such that \[f(f(n))=3n.\]
2010 Contests, 1
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x, y\in\mathbb{R}$, we have
\[f(x+y)+f(x)f(y)=f(xy)+(y+1)f(x)+(x+1)f(y).\]
2008 SEEMOUS, Problem 3
Let $\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R)$ denote the set of all real $n\times n$ matrices. Find all surjective functions $f:\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R)\to\{0,1,\ldots,n\}$ which satisfy
$$f(XY)\le\min\{f(X),f(Y)\}$$for all $X,Y\in\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R)$.
2015 ISI Entrance Examination, 8
Find all the functions $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that
$$|f(x)-f(y)| = 2 |x - y| $$
2016 India IMO Training Camp, 2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that $$f\left( x^2+xf(y)\right)=xf(x+y)$$ for all reals $x,y$.
2020 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 5
Given is a function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $|f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)|\leq 1$.
Prove the existence of an additive function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ (that is $g(x+y)=g(x)+g(y)$) such that $|f(x)-g(x)|\leq 1$ for any $x \in \mathbb{R}$
2005 Miklós Schweitzer, 8
Determine all continuous, strictly monotone functions $\phi : \mathbb{R}^+\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $$F(x,y)=\phi^{-1} \left(\frac{x\phi(x)+y\phi(y)}{x+y}\right) + \phi^{-1} \left(\frac{y\phi(x)+x\phi(y)}{x+y}\right) $$ is homogeneous of degree 1, ie $F(tx,ty)=tF(x,y) , \forall x,y,t\in\mathbb{R}^+$
[hide=Note]F(x,y)=F(y,x) and F(x,x)=2x[/hide]
2011 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 6
Let $\mathbb{R}^+$ denote the set of positive real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to\mathbb{R}^+$ such that for any $x,y\in\mathbb{R}^+$, we have \[ f(x)f(y)=f(y)f\Big(xf(y)\Big)+\frac{1}{xy}.\]
2010 ELMO Shortlist, 3
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x+y) = \max(f(x),y) + \min(f(y),x)$.
[i]George Xing.[/i]