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Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that for all real $x,y$, $f(f(x)+y) = f(x^2 -y)+4y f(x)$
Find all functions $f:(0,\infty)\rightarrow (0,\infty)$ such that for any $x,y\in (0,\infty)$, $$xf(x^2)f(f(y)) + f(yf(x)) = f(xy) \left(f(f(x^2)) + f(f(y^2))\right).$$
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that any real numbers $x{}$ and $y{}$ satisfy \[f(xf(x)+f(y))=f(f(x^2))+y.\]
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ xf(y) + f(xf(y)) - xf(f(y)) - f(xy) = 2x + f(y) - f(x+y)\] holds for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $$ f\left(x^2\right) - yf(y) = f(x + y) (f(x) - y) $$ for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Determine all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}^\plus{} \mapsto \mathbb{R}^\plus{}$ which satisfy \[ f \left(\frac {f(x)}{yf(x) \plus{} 1}\right) \equal{} \frac {x}{xf(y)\plus{}1} \quad \forall x,y > 0\]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x)^2-f(y)^2=f(x+y)\cdot f(x-y), \] for all $x,y\in \mathbb{Q}$. [i]Proposed by Portugal.[/i]
Let $f$ be a non-constant polynomial such that \[ f(x-1) + f(x) + f(x+1) = \frac {f(x)^2}{2013x} \] for all nonzero real numbers $x$. Find the sum of all possible values of $f(1)$. [i]Proposed by Ahaan S. Rungta[/i]
Find all functions $f: R \to R$ such that, for any $x, y \in R$: $f\left( f\left( x \right)-y \right)\cdot f\left( x+f\left( y \right) \right)={{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}$
Let $Z^+$ denote the set of positive integers. Determine , with proof, if there exists a function $f:\mathbb{Z^+}\rightarrow\mathbb {Z^+}$ such that $f(f(f(f(f(n)))))$ = $2022n$ for all positive integers $n$.
Let $ f : [0, 1] \to\ R $ be a function such that :- $1.)$ $f(x) \ge 0$ for all $x$ in $[0,1]$ . $2.)$ $f(1) = 1$ . $3.)$ If $x_1 , x_2$ are in $[0,1]$ such that $x_1 + x_2 \le 1$ , then $f(x_1) + f(x_2) \le f(x_1 + x_2)$ . Show that $f(x) \le 2x $ for all $x$ in $ [0,1] $.
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ such that $2P(2x^2 -1) = P(x)^2 -1$ for all $x$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, satisfying \[ f(xy)(f(x) - f(y)) = (x-y)f(x)f(y) \] for all $x,y$.
Find all fuctions $f,g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that: $f(x-3f(y))=xf(y)-yf(x)+g(x) \forall x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ and $g(1)=-8$
Find all functions $ f: (0, \infty) \mapsto (0, \infty)$ (so $ f$ is a function from the positive real numbers) such that \[ \frac {\left( f(w) \right)^2 \plus{} \left( f(x) \right)^2}{f(y^2) \plus{} f(z^2) } \equal{} \frac {w^2 \plus{} x^2}{y^2 \plus{} z^2} \] for all positive real numbers $ w,x,y,z,$ satisfying $ wx \equal{} yz.$ [i]Author: Hojoo Lee, South Korea[/i]
Let the $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ be the function such that (i) For all positive integers $n,$ $f(n+f(n))=f(n)$ (ii) $f(n_o)=1$ for some $n_0$ Prove that $f(n)\equiv 1.$
Find all real functions $f$ definited on positive integers and satisying: (a) $f(x+22)=f(x)$, (b) $f\left(x^{2}y\right)=\left(f(x)\right)^{2}f(y)$ for all positive integers $x$ and $y$.
We call a function $f: \mathbb{Q}^+ \to \mathbb{Q}^+$ [i]good[/i] if for all $x,y \in \mathbb{Q}^+$ we have: $$f(x)+f(y)\geq 4f(x+y).$$ a) Prove that for all good functions $f: \mathbb{Q}^+ \to \mathbb{Q}^+$ and $x,y,z \in \mathbb{Q}^+$ $$f(x)+f(y)+f(z) \geq 8f(x+y+z)$$ b) Does there exists a good functions $f: \mathbb{Q}^+ \to \mathbb{Q}^+$ and $x,y,z \in \mathbb{Q}^+$ such that $$f(x)+f(y)+f(z) < 9f(x+y+z) ?$$
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ the following equality holds \[ f(\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor y)=f(x)\left\lfloor f(y)\right\rfloor \] where $\left\lfloor a\right\rfloor $ is greatest integer not greater than $a.$ [i]Proposed by Pierre Bornsztein, France[/i]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$ the following holds: \[f(x)+f(y)=f(xy)+f(f(x)+f(y))\]
Let $\mathbb{N} = \{1, 2, 3, \dots \}$ be the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}$, such that for all positive integers $n$ and prime numbers $p$: $$p \mid f(n)f(p-1)!+n^{f(p)}.$$ [i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti[/i]
a) Does there exist a function $f: N \to N$ such that $f(f(n))=f(n+1) - f(n)$ for all $n \in N$? b) Does there exist a function $f: N \to N$ such that $f(f(n))=f(n+2) - f(n)$ for all $n \in N$? I. Voronovich
Find all positive integers $k$ for which there exists a nonlinear function $f:\mathbb{Z} \rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ such that the equation $$f(a)+f(b)+f(c)=\frac{f(a-b)+f(b-c)+f(c-a)}{k}$$ holds for any integers $a,b,c$ satisfying $a+b+c=0$ (not necessarily distinct). [i]Evan Chen[/i]
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] $P(1,0) =1.$
Let $f: Z^+ \to Z^+ \cup \{0\}$ a function that meets the following conditions: a) $f (a b) = f (a) + f (b)$, b) $f (a) = 0$ provided that the digits of the unit of $a$ are $7$, c) $f (10) = 0$. Find $f (2016).$