Found problems: 2349
Let $\mathbb{Q}^{+}$ denote the set of positive rational numbers. Find, with proof, all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}^+ \to \mathbb{Q}^+$ such that, for all positive rational numbers $x$ and $y,$ we have \[f(x)=f(x+y)+f(x+x^2f(y)).\]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, such that for arbitrary $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$: \[ (y+1)f(x)+f(xf(y)+f(x+y))=y.\]
Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[ f(a^2) - f(b^2) \leq (f(a)+b)(a-f(b)) \] for all $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb N\to\mathbb N$ so that
$$f^{2f(b)}(2a)=f(f(a+b))+a+b$$
holds for all positive integers $a,b$.
Find all polynomials $p(x)$ satisfying the condition:
$$p(x^2-2x)=p(x-2)^2.$$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[f(x+f(y))=x+f(f(y))\]
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$, with the additional constraint $f(2004)=2005$.
Find all functions $ f : \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ that satisfy
\[ f (x^{3} \plus{} y^{3}) \equal{} x^{2}f (x) \plus{} yf (y^{2})
\]
for all $ x, y \in\mathbb R.$
An infinite table whose rows and columns are numbered with positive integers, is given. For a sequence of functions
$f_1(x), f_2(x), \ldots $ let us place the number $f_i(j)$ into the cell $(i,j)$ of the table (for all $i, j\in \mathbb{N}$).
A sequence $f_1(x), f_2(x), \ldots $ is said to be {\it nice}, if all the numbers in the table are positive integers, and each positive integer appears exactly once. Determine if there exists a nice sequence of functions $f_1(x), f_2(x), \ldots $, such that each $f_i(x)$ is a polynomial of degree 101 with integer coefficients and its leading coefficient equals to 1.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that the equality
\[y^2f(x) + x^2f(y) + xy = xyf(x + y) + x^2 + y^2\]
holds for all $x, y \in \Bbb R$, where $\Bbb R$ is the set of real numbers.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}$ such that $(f(x + y))^2 = f(x^2) + f(y^2)$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{Z}$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}\to \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all $m,n\in \mathbb{Z}$: \[f(m+f(n)) = f(m)+n.\]
Find all functions $f$ from integers to integers such that
\[ f(m+n) + f(m-n) - 2f(m) = 6mn^2\]
for all integers $m$ and $n$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Q}[x] \to \mathbb{R}$ such that:
(a) for all $P, Q \in \mathbb{Q}[x]$, $f(P \circ Q) = f(Q \circ P);$
(b) for all $P, Q \in \mathbb{Q}[x]$ with $PQ \neq 0$, $f(P\cdot Q) = f(P) + f(Q).$
($P \circ Q$ indicates $P(Q(x))$.)
Given an integer $n\ge 2$, a function $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ is called [i]good[/i], if for any integer $k,1\le k\le n-1$ there exists an integer $j(k)$ such that for every integer $m$ we have
\[f(m+j(k))\equiv f(m+k)-f(m) \pmod{n+1}. \]
Find the number of [i]good[/i] functions.
Let $\mathbb{N}=\{1, 2, 3, \dots\}$ be the set of all positive integers. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that for any positive integers $a$ and $b$, the following two conditions hold:
(1) $f(ab) = f(a)f(b)$, and
(2) at least two of the numbers $f(a)$, $f(b)$, and $f(a+b)$ are equal.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$:
$$f\left(f(x)^2-y^2\right)^2+f(2xy)^2=f\left(x^2+y^2\right)^2$$
[i]Proposed by Ali Behrouz - Mojtaba Zare Bidaki[/i]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ such that $|f(k)| \leq k$ for all positive integers $k$ and there is a prime number $p>2024$ which satisfies both of the following conditions:
$1)$ For all $a \in \mathbb{N}$ we have $af(a+p) = af(a)+pf(a),$
$2)$ For all $a \in \mathbb{N}$ we have $p|a^{\frac{p+1}{2}}-f(a).$
[i]Authored by Nikola Velov[/i]
Find all functions $f \colon \mathbb{R_{+}}\to \mathbb{R_{+}}$ satisfying : \[f ( f (x)-x) = 2x\] for all $x > 0$.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}$ such that:
- $f$ is strictly increasing,
- there exists $M \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $f(x+1) - f(x) < M$ for all $x \in \mathbb{N}$,
- for every $x \in \mathbb{Z}$, there exists $y \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that
\[
f(y) = \frac{f(x) + f(x + 2024)}{2}.
\]
[i]Proposed by Pavle Martinović[/i]
Find all functions \( f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \to \mathbb{R}^{+} \) such that:
\[
f(x^2 + y) = xf(x) + \frac{f(y^2)}{y}
\]
for any positive real numbers \( x \) and \( y \).
Find all functions $ f\in\mathcal{C}^1 [0,1] $ that satisfy $ f(1)=-1/6 $ and
$$ \int_0^1 \left( f'(x) \right)^2 dx\le 2\int_0^1 f(x)dx. $$
Let $f$ be a function satisfying $f(x+y+z)=f(x)+f(y)+f(z)$ for all integers $x$, $y$, $z$. Suppose $f(1)=1$, $f(2)=2$. Then $\lim \limits_{n\to \infty} \frac{1}{n^3} \sum \limits_{r=1}^n 4rf(3r)$ equals
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Let $a > 0$ be a real number and let $f : R \to R$ be a function satisfying $$f(x_1) + f(x_2) \ge a f(x_1 + x_2), \forall x_1 ,x_2 \in R.$$ Prove that $$f(x_1) + f(x_2) +(x_3) \ge \frac{3a^2}{a+2} f(x_1+ x_2 + x_3), \forall x_1 ,x_2,x_3 \in R$$.
Let $f : N\to N$ such that $$f(1) = 0\,\, , \,\,f(3n) = 2f(n) + 2\,\, , \,\,f(3n-1) = 2f(n) + 1\,\, , \,\,f(3n-2) = 2f(n).$$ Determine the smallest value of $n$ so that $f (n) = 2014.$
Find all functions $f: \mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$ such that for all $x, y \in \mathbb R$,
$$f(f(x) + y)^2 = (x-y)(f(x) - f(y)) + 4f(x) f(y).$$