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Find all the functions $f: \mathbb{Z}\to \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying the following property: if $a$, $b$ and $c$ are integers such that $a+b+c=0$, then $$f(a)+f(b)+f(c)=a^2+b^2+c^2.$$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ s.t. for all $A\subset \mathbb{N}$ with 2024 elements, the set $$S_A:=\{f^{(k)}(x)\mid k=1,...,2024,x\in A\}$$ also has 2024 elements. ($f^{(k)}=f\circ f\circ...\circ f$ is the $k$-th iteration of $f$.)
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ which satisfy the following relationship for all real numbers $x$ and $y$\[f(xf(y)-f(x))=2f(x)+xy.\]
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ for which the equality \[f(f(x)\minus{}y)\equal{}f(x)\plus{}f(f(y)\minus{}f(\minus{}x))\plus{}x\] holds for all real $x,y$.
Find all functions $ f : R \to R$ that satisfies $$xf(y) - yf(x)= f\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)$$ for all $x, y \in R$.
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 2025} \to \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that $mn+1$ divides $f(m)f(n) + 1$ for any integers $m,n \geq 2025$ and there exists a polynomial $P$ with integer coefficients, such that $f(n) \leq P(n)$ for all $n\geq 2025$.
Let $\mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}$ be the set of all nonnegative integers. Find all the functions $f: \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0} $ satisfying the relation \[ f(f(f(n))) = f(n+1 ) +1 \] for all $ n\in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^{+}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that $x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{+},$ \[ f\left(\frac{y}{f(x+1)}\right)+f\left(\frac{x+1}{xf(y)}\right)=f(y) \]
Let $ T$ denote the set of all ordered triples $ (p,q,r)$ of nonnegative integers. Find all functions $ f: T \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfying \[ f(p,q,r) = \begin{cases} 0 & \text{if} \; pqr = 0, \\ 1 + \frac{1}{6}(f(p + 1,q - 1,r) + f(p - 1,q + 1,r) & \\ + f(p - 1,q,r + 1) + f(p + 1,q,r - 1) & \\ + f(p,q + 1,r - 1) + f(p,q - 1,r + 1)) & \text{otherwise} \end{cases} \] for all nonnegative integers $ p$, $ q$, $ r$.
Denote by $\mathbb{N}$ the set of all positive integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that for all positive integers $m$ and $n$, the integer $f(m)+f(n)-mn$ is nonzero and divides $mf(m)+nf(n)$. [i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]
Let the set of all bijective functions taking positive integers to positive integers be $\mathcal B.$ Find all functions $\mathbf F:\mathcal B\to \mathbb R$ such that $$(\mathbf F(p)+\mathbf F(q))^2=\mathbf F(p \circ p)+\mathbf F(p\circ q)+\mathbf F(q\circ p)+\mathbf F(q\circ q)$$ for all $p,q \in \mathcal B.$ [i]Proposed by ckliao914[/i]
Find all functions $u : R \to R$ for which there is a strictly increasing function $f : R \to R$ such that $f(x+y) = f(x)u(y)+ f(y)$ for all $x,y \in R$.
Find all $f: \mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}$, for which $f(f(n)+m)=n+f(m+2014)$ for $\forall$ $m,n\in \mathbb{N}$.
For any positive integer $k$, denote the sum of digits of $k$ in its decimal representation by $S(k)$. Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that for any positive integer $n \geq 2016$, the integer $P(n)$ is positive and $$S(P(n)) = P(S(n)).$$ [i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]
Find all monotonic functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfying \[f(f(x) - y) + f(x+y) = 0,\] for every real $x, y$. (Note that monotonic means that function is not increasing or not decreasing)
Let \(f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R\) be a function such that for all real numbers \(x\neq1\), \[f(x-f(x))+f(x)=\frac{x^2-x+1}{x-1}.\] Find all possible values of \(f(2023)\). [i]Proposed by Linus Tang[/i]
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb R\longrightarrow \mathbb R$ such that for each $ x,y\in\mathbb R$: \[ f(xf(y)) \plus{} y \plus{} f(x) \equal{} f(x \plus{} f(y)) \plus{} yf(x)\]
Find all the continuous bounded functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that \[(f(x))^2 -(f(y))^2 = f(x + y)f(x - y) \text{ for all } x, y \in \mathbb R.\]
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ with $f (x + yf(x + y))= y^2 + f(x)f(y)$ for all $x, y \in R$.
Let $f$ and $g$ be two polynomials with integer coefficients such that the leading coefficients of both the polynomials are positive. Suppose $\deg(f)$ is odd and the sets $\{f(a)\mid a\in \mathbb{Z}\}$ and $\{g(a)\mid a\in \mathbb{Z}\}$ are the same. Prove that there exists an integer $k$ such that $g(x)=f(x+k)$.
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 $A.$
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all integers $m,n$, \[f(m - n + f(n)) = f(m) + f(n).\]
A function $f$, defined for the set of integers, is such that $f(x)=x-10$ if $x>100$ and $f(x)=f(f(x+11))$ if $x \leq 100$. Determine, justifying your answer, the set of all possible values for $f$.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$(y + 1)f(x) + f(xf(y) + f(x + y))= y$$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $g: \mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$f(x^2 + y^2) = g(xy)$$ holds for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}^{+}$.