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Find all functions $f$ which are defined on all non-negative real numbers, take nonnegative real values only, and satisfy the condition $x \cdot f(y) + y\cdot f(x) = f(x) \cdot f(y) \cdot (f(x) + f(y))$ for all non-negative real numbers $x, y$.
Determine all functions $f: R\to R$, such that $f (2x + f (y)) = x + y + f (x)$ for all $x, y \in R$. (Gerhard Kirchner)
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{N}$ such that for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$: \[f(f(n))+f(n)=2n+2001 \text{ or }2n+2002.\]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Q^+} \rightarrow \mathbb{Q}$ satisfying $f(x)+f(y)= \left(f(x+y)+\frac{1}{x+y} \right) (1-xy+f(xy))$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{Q^+}$.
Define $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ as the strictly increasing function such that $$f(\sqrt{xy})=\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}$$ for all positive real numbers $x,y$. Prove that there are some positive real numbers $a$ where $f(a)<0$. [i] (PP-nine) [/i]
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow [0,\infty)$. Prove that $f(x+y)\ge (y+1)f(x),\ (\forall)x\in \mathbb{R}$ if and only if the function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow [0,\infty),\ g(x)=e^{-x}f(x),\ (\forall)x\in \mathbb{R}$ is increasing.
Let \(\mathbb R_{>0}\) denote the set of positive real numbers and \(\mathbb R_{\ge0}\) the set of nonnegative real numbers. Find all functions \(f:\mathbb R\times \mathbb R_{>0}\to \mathbb R_{\ge0}\) such that for all real numbers \(a\), \(b\), \(x\), \(y\) with \(x,y>0\), we have \[f(a,x)+f(b,y)=f(a+b,x+y)+f(ay-bx,xy(x+y)).\] [i]Proposed by Luke Robitaille[/i]
Denote by $ S$ the set of all positive integers. Find all functions $ f: S \rightarrow S$ such that \[ f (f^2(m) \plus{} 2f^2(n)) \equal{} m^2 \plus{} 2 n^2\] for all $ m,n \in S$. [i]Bulgaria[/i]
Find all non-constant functions $f : Q^+ \to Q^+$ satisfying the equation $$f(ab + bc + ca) =f(a)f(b) +f(b)f(c)+f(c)f(a)$$ for all $a, b,c \in Q^+$ .
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that \[ xf(xf(y)+yf(x))= x^2f(y)+yf(x)^2, \] for all real numbers $x,y$. [i]Proposed by B.J. Venkatachala[/i]
Find all functions $f, g : Q \to Q$ satisfying the following equality $f(x + g(y)) = g(x) + 2 y + f(y)$ for all $x, y \in Q$. (I. Voronovich)
Denote by $\mathbb{N}$ the positive integers. Let $f:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be a function such that, for any $w,x,y,z \in \mathbb{N}$, \[ f(f(f(z)))f(wxf(yf(z)))=z^{2}f(xf(y))f(w). \] Show that $f(n!) \ge n!$ for every positive integer $n$. [i]Pakawut Jiradilok[/i]
Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that verify the equality $$ \int_a^b f(x)dx=f(b)-f(a), $$ for any real numbers $ a,b. $ [i]Cosmin Nitu[/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 $a+b>2019$.
Given a (fixed) positive integer $N$, solve the functional equation \[f \colon \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{R}, \ f(2k) = 2f(k) \textrm{ and } f(N-k) = f(k), \ \textrm{for all } k \in \mathbb{Z}.\] [i](Dan Schwarz)[/i]
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ with $$f(x) + yf(f(x)) < x(1 + f(y)) + 2021$$ holds for all positive integers $x,y.$
Denote the set of positive rational numbers by $\mathbb{Q}_{+}$. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Q}_{+}\rightarrow \mathbb{Q}_{+}$ that satisfy $$\underbrace{f(f(f(\dots f(f}_{n}(q))\dots )))=f(nq)$$ for all integers $n\ge 1$ and rational numbers $q>0$.
Let $\mathbb R^+$ denote the set of positive real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb R^+\to\mathbb R$ and $g:\mathbb R^+\to\mathbb R$ such that for all $x,y\in\mathbb R^+$, $g(x)-g(y)=(x-y)f(xy)$. [i]Linus Tang[/i]
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such that the limit $$g(x)=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}{\frac{f(x+h)-2f(x)+f(x-h)}{h^2}}$$ exists for all real $x$. Prove that $g(x)$ is constant if and only if $f(x)$ is a polynomial function whose degree is at most $2$.
Let $f : R \to R$ be a function from the set $R$ of real numbers to itself. Find all such functions $f$ satisfying the two properties: (a) $f(x + f(y)) = y + f(x)$ for all $x, y \in R$, (b) the set $\{ \frac{f(x)}{x} :x$ is a nonzero real number $\}$ is finite
Find all functions ${ f : N \rightarrow N}$ (where ${N}$ is the set of the natural numbers and is assumed to contain ${0}$), such that ${f(x^2) - f(y^2) = f(x + y)f(x - y)}$ for all ${x, y \in N}$ with ${x \ge y}$.
Find all functions $f: R\to R$, such that $f(xy + x + y) + f(xy-x-y)=2f (x) + 2f (y)$ for all $x, y \in R$.
Let $ S$ be the set of nonnegative real numbers. Find all functions $ f: S\rightarrow S$ which satisfy $ f(x\plus{}y\minus{}z)\plus{}f(2\sqrt{xz})\plus{}f(2\sqrt{yz})\equal{}f(x\plus{}y\plus{}z)$ for all nonnegative $ x,y,z$ with $ x\plus{}y\ge z$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that $$ (x+y)f(2yf(x)+f(y))=x^{3}f(yf(x)), \ \ \ \forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{+}.$$ (Albania)
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the following condition for any real numbers $x{}$ and $y$ $$f(x)+f(x+y) \leq f(xy)+f(y).$$