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Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ with the property that for every real numbers $x$ and $y$ it holds that $$f(x+yf(x+y))=f(x)+f(xy)+y^2.$$
Find all functions $f :Z_{>0} \to Z_{>0}$ such that the number $xf(x) + f ^2(y) + 2xf(y)$ is a perfect square for all positive integers $x,y$.
Find all functions $f:(0,\infty)\rightarrow (0,\infty)$ such that for any $x,y\in (0,\infty)$, $$xf(x^2)f(f(y)) + f(yf(x)) = f(xy) \left(f(f(x^2)) + f(f(y^2))\right).$$
Find all functions ${f : (0, +\infty) \rightarrow R}$ satisfying $f(x) - f(x+ y) = f \left( \frac{x}{y}\right) f(x + y)$ for all $x, y > 0$. (Austria)
Let $A$ be a finite set of functions $f: \Bbb{R}\to \Bbb{R.}$ It is known that: [list] [*] If $f, g\in A$ then $f (g (x)) \in A.$ [*] For all $f \in A$ there exists $g \in A$ such that $f (f (x) + y) = 2x + g (g (y) - x),$ for all $x, y\in \Bbb{R}.$ [/list] Let $i:\Bbb{R}\to \Bbb{R}$ be the identity function, ie, $i (x) = x$ for all $x\in \Bbb{R}.$ Prove that $i \in A.$
Determine all functions $ f$ defined on the set of rational numbers that take rational values for which \[ f(2f(x) \plus{} f(y)) \equal{} 2x \plus{} y, \] for each $ x$ and $ y$.
Let $S = \{1,2,3,4,5\}$. Find the number of functions $f : S \to S$ such that $f ^{50}(x)= x$ for all $x \in S$.
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 $a, b, c$.
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ that satisfy $$(f(a)-f(b))(f(b)-f(c))(f(c)-f(a)) = f(ab^2+bc^2+ca^2) - f(a^2b+b^2c+c^2a)$$for all real numbers $a$, $b$, $c$. [i]Proposed by Ankan Bhattacharya, USA[/i]
Let $f : N \to N$ be a strictly increasing function such that $f(f(n))= 3n$, for all $n \in N$. Find $f(2010)$. Note: $N = \{0,1,2,...\}$
There is a unique differentiable function $f$ from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $f(x) + (f(x))^3 = x + x^7$ for all real $x.$ The derivative of $f(x)$ at $x = 2$ can be expressed as a common fraction $a/b.$ Compute $a + b.$
Determine all functions $f : R \to R$ satisfying $f(f(x) - y) \le xf(x) + f(y)$ for all real numbers $x, y$.
Find all pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ such that $f(x)=x$ is the only function $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ that satisfies $$f^a(x)f^b(y)+f^b(x)f^a(y)=2xy$$ for all $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$.
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ with the property that \[f(x-f(y))=f(f(x))-f(y)-1\] holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Z}$.
Find all pairs of functions $f; g : R \to R$ such that for all reals $x.y \ne 0$ : $$f(x + y) = g \left(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}\right) \cdot (xy)^{2008}$$
Find all polynomilals $P$ with real coefficients, such that $(x+1)P(x-1)+(x-1)P(x+1)=2xP(x)$
Find all functions \(f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) such that for any real numbers \(x\) and \(y\), the following inequality holds: \[ f\left(x^2+2y f(x)\right) + (f(y))^2 \leq f\left((x+y)^2\right) \] [i]Proposed by Anton Trygub[/i]
Find all the continuous functions $f : \mathbb{R} \mapsto\mathbb{R}$ such that $\forall x,y \in \mathbb{R}$, $(1+f(x)f(y))f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)$.
Given a function $g:[0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying the property that for every non empty dissection of the trivial $[0,1]$ to subsets $A,B$ we have either $\exists x \in A; g(x) \in B$ or $\exists x \in B; g(x) \in A$ and we have furthermore $g(x)>x$ for $x \in [0,1]$. Prove that there exist infinite $x \in [0,1]$ with $g(x)=1$. [i]Proposed by Ali Zamani [/i]
Determine the function $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $\forall x\in\mathbb{R}$ \[f(x)+f(\lfloor x\rfloor)f(\{x\})=x,\] and draw its graph. Find all $k\in\mathbb{R}$ for which the equation $f(x)+mx+k=0$ has solutions for any $m\in\mathbb{R}$. [i]V. Preda and P. Hamburg[/i]
Determine all functions $f\colon\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\to\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that, for all positive integers $m$ and $n$, $$ m^{\phi(n)}+n^{\phi(m)} \mid f(m)^n + f(n)^m$$
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying \[f^{a^{2} + b^{2}}(a+b) = af(a) +bf(b)\] for all integers $a$ and $b$
suppose that $A$ is the set of all Closed intervals $[a,b] \subset \mathbb{R}$. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow A$ such that $\bullet$ $x \in f(y) \Leftrightarrow y \in f(x)$ $\bullet$ $|x-y|>2 \Leftrightarrow f(x) \cap f(y)=\varnothing$ $\bullet$ For all real numbers $0\leq r\leq 1$, $f(r)=[r^2-1,r^2+1]$ Proposed by Matin Yousefi
Let $c$ be a positive real number. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to\mathbb{R}^+$ that satisfy $$x^2f(xf(y))f(x)f(y)=c$$ for all positive reals $x$ and $y$.
Each point $A$ in the plane is assigned a real number $f(A).$ It is known that $f(M)=f(A)+f(B)+f(C),$ whenever $M$ is the centroid of $\triangle ABC.$ Prove that $f(A)=0$ for all points $A.$