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Let $f: \mathbb{R}^2\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a function for which for arbitrary $x,y,z\in \mathbb{R}$ we have that $f(x,y)+f(y,z)+f(z,x)=0$. Prove that there exist function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ for which: $f(x,y)=g(x)-g(y),\, \forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all $\mathbb Q$-linear maps $\Phi:\mathbb Q[x]\to\mathbb Q[x]$ such that for any irreducible polynomial $p\in\mathbb Q[x]$ the polynomial $\Phi(p)$ is also irreducible.
find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}$ such that $f(-f(x)-f(y)) = 1-x-y$ $\quad \forall x,y \in \mathbb{Z}$
Does there exist a pair $(g,h)$ of functions $g,h:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that the only function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $f(g(x))=g(f(x))$ and $f(h(x))=h(f(x))$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ is identity function $f(x)\equiv x$?
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N} $ such that $$ f\left(x+yf\left(x\right)\right) = x+f\left(y\right)f\left(x\right) $$ holds for all $ x,y \in \mathbb{N} $
Find all functions $f,g,h: \mathbb{R} \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x) - g(y) = (x-y) \cdot h(x+y)$ for $x,y \in \mathbb{R}.$
Find all (weakly) increasing $f\colon \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ for which \[f(f(x)+y)=f(f(y)+x)\] holds for all $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$.
Let $f:] 0. \infty [ \to R$ be a strictly increasing function, such that $$f (x) f\left(f (x) +\frac{1}{x} \right)= 1.$$ Find $f (1)$.
Does there exist a function $f(n)$, which maps the set of natural numbers into itself and such that for each natural number $n > 1$ the following equation is satisfi ed $$f(n) = f(f(n - 1)) + f(f(n + 1))?$$
Let $Q^+$ denote the set of positive rationals. Determine all functions $f : Q^+ \to Q^+$ that satisfy both of these conditions: (i) $f(x)$ is an integer if and only if $x$ is an integer; (ii) $f(f(xf(y)) + x) = yf(x) + x$ for all $x, y \in Q^+$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that $$\gcd(f(x),y)f(xy)=f(x)f(y)$$ for all positive integers $x, y$.
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$, such that \[ f(xf(y)) \plus{} f(f(x) \plus{} f(y)) \equal{} yf(x) \plus{} f(x \plus{} f(y))\] holds for all $ x$, $ y \in \mathbb{R}$, where $ \mathbb{R}$ denotes the set of real numbers.
Let $\mathbb{Q}_{>0}$ denote the set of all positive rational numbers. Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}_{>0}\to \mathbb{Q}_{>0}$ satisfying $$f(x^2f(y)^2)=f(x)^2f(y)$$ for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Q}_{>0}$
Find all functions $ f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ such that \[ f( xf(x) + 2y) = f(x^2)+f(y)+x+y-1 \] holds for all $ x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Given $I=[0,1]$ and $G=\{(x,y)|x,y \in I\}$, find all functions $f:G\rightarrow I$, such that $\forall x,y,z \in I$ we have: i. $f(f(x,y),z)=f(x,f(y,z))$; ii. $f(x,1)=x, f(1,y)=y$; iii. $f(zx,zy)=z^kf(x,y)$. ($k$ is a positive real number irrelevant to $x,y,z$.)
Denote by $\mathbb{Q}^+$ the set of all positive rational numbers. Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{Q}^+ \mapsto \mathbb{Q}^+$ which satisfy the following equation for all $x, y \in \mathbb{Q}^+:$ \[f\left( f(x)^2y \right) = x^3 f(xy).\] [i]Proposed by Thomas Huber, Switzerland[/i]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ such that \[f(f(n))=n+2015\] where $n\in \mathbb{N}.$
For a function $f: R\to R $ , $ f (2017)> 0$ as well as $f (x^2 + yf (z)) = xf (x) + zf (y)$ for all $x,y,z \in R$ is known. What is the value of $f (-42)$?
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 $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$.
A function $f$ satisfies $$f(x)+xf(1-x)=x$$ for all real numbers $x$. Determine the number $f (2)$. Find $f$ .
Find all polynomials $p(x)\in\mathbb{R}[x]$ such that for all $x\in \mathbb{R}$: $p(5x)^2-3=p(5x^2+1)$ such that: $a) p(0)\neq 0$ $b) p(0)=0$
Find all functions from positive integers to itself such that $f(a+b)=f(a)+f(b)+f(c)+f(d)$ for all $c^2+d^2=2ab$
Find all functions $f$ from positive integers to themselves, such that the followings hold. $1)$.for each positive integer $n$ we have $f(n)<f(n+1)<f(n)+2020$. $2)$.for each positive integer $n$ we have $S(f(n))=f(S(n))$ where $S(n)$ is the sum of digits of $n$ in base $10$ representation.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ satisfying the following conditions: [list] [*]For every $n \in \mathbb{N}$, $f^{(n)}(n) = n$. (Here $f^{(1)} = f$ and $f^{(k)} = f^{(k-1)} \circ f$.) [*]For every $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$, $\lvert f(mn) - f(m) f(n) \rvert < 2017$. [/list]
Show that there exists no function $f:\mathbb {R}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$ that satisfies $f(f(x))-x^2+x+3=0$ for arbitrary real variable $x$. (Same as KMO 2004 P1)