Found problems: 2349
Let $\mathbb{R}$ be the set of real numbers. Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a function such that \[f(x+y)f(x-y)\geqslant f(x)^2-f(y)^2\] for every $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$. Assume that the inequality is strict for some $x_0,y_0\in\mathbb{R}$.
Prove that either $f(x)\geqslant 0$ for every $x\in\mathbb{R}$ or $f(x)\leqslant 0$ for every $x\in\mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}^{\ast}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}^{\ast}$ with
the properties:
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[*]$ f(m+n) -1 \mid f(m)+f(n),\quad \forall m,n\in\mathbb{N}^{\ast} $
[*]$ n^{2}-f(n)\text{ is a square } \;\forall n\in\mathbb{N}^{\ast} $[/list]
The function $g$, with domain and real numbers, fulfills the following:
$\bullet$ $g (x) \le x$, for all real $x$
$\bullet$ $g (x + y) \le g (x) + g (y)$ for all real $x,y$
Find $g (1990)$.
Find all functions $g:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ such that \[\left(g(m)+n\right)\left(g(n)+m\right)\] is a perfect square for all $m,n\in\mathbb{N}.$
[i]Proposed by Gabriel Carroll, USA[/i]
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 $f:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$, such that $af(a)^3+2abf(a)+bf(b)$ is a perfect square for all positive integers $a,b$.
Find all functions $h: \mathbb{Z}\to \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all $x,y\in \mathbb{Z}$: \[h(x+y)+h(xy)=h(x)h(y)+1.\]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(x + y) + y \le f(f(f(x)))\]
holds for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[ f(xy) = yf(x) + x + f(f(y) - f(x)) \]
for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all injective function $f: N \to N$ satisfying that for all positive integers $m,n$, we have: $f(n(f(m)) \le nm$
Find $f(2)$ given that $f$ is a real-valued function that satisfies the equation
$$4f(x)+\left(\frac23\right)(x^2+2)f\left(x-\frac2x\right)=x^3+1.$$
Find all $f: \mathbb R \to\mathbb R$ such that for all real numbers $x$, $f(x) \geq 0$ and for all real numbers $x$ and $y$, \[ f(x+y)+f(x-y)-2f(x)-2y^2=0. \]
For all rational $x$ satisfying $0 \leq x < 1$, the functions $f$ is defined by
\[f(x)=\begin{cases}\frac{f(2x)}{4},&\mbox{for }0 \leq x < \frac 12,\\ \frac 34+ \frac{f(2x - 1)}{4}, & \mbox{for } \frac 12 \leq x < 1.\end{cases}\]
Given that $x = 0.b_1b_2b_3 \cdots $ is the binary representation of $x$, find, with proof, $f(x)$.
Determine all functions $f$ defined on the set of all positive integers and taking non-negative integer values, satisfying the three conditions:
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[*] $(i)$ $f(n) \neq 0$ for at least one $n$;
[*] $(ii)$ $f(x y)=f(x)+f(y)$ for every positive integers $x$ and $y$;
[*] $(iii)$ there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $f(k)=f(n-k)$ for all $k<n$.
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Let $f$ be a strictly increasing function defined on the set of real numbers. For $x$ real and $t$ positive, set\[g(x,t)=\frac{f(x+t)-f(x)}{f(x) - f(x - t)}.\]
Assume that the inequalities\[2^{-1} < g(x, t) < 2\]
hold for all positive t if $x = 0$, and for all $t \leq |x|$ otherwise.
Show that\[ 14^{-1} < g(x, t) < 14\]
for all real $x$ and positive $t.$
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]
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[f(x + yf(x)) + f(xy) = f(x) + f(2019y),\]
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Let $f: \mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R}$ be a concave function and $g: \mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R}$ be a continuous function . If $$ f (x + y) + f (x-y) -2f (x) = g (x) y^2 $$for all $x, y \in \mathbb {R}, $ prove that $f $ is a second degree polynomial.
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^+\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ with the following property: $a,b,$ and $c$ are lengths of sides of a triangle, if and only if $f(a),f(b),$ and $f(c)$ are lengths of sides of a triangle.
Find all $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{Z^+}$ such that $$f(x+f(y))=f(x)+f(y)+1\quad\text{ or }\quad f(x)+f(y)-1$$
for all real number $x$ and $y$
Let $\mathbb Z$ be the set of integers. We consider functions $f :\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z$ satisfying
\[f\left(f(x+y)+y\right)=f\left(f(x)+y\right)\]
for all integers $x$ and $y$. For such a function, we say that an integer $v$ is [i]f-rare[/i] if the set
\[X_v=\{x\in\mathbb Z:f(x)=v\}\]
is finite and nonempty.
(a) Prove that there exists such a function $f$ for which there is an $f$-rare integer.
(b) Prove that no such function $f$ can have more than one $f$-rare integer.
[i]Netherlands[/i]
The function $f(x,y)$, defined on the set of all non-negative integers, satisfies
(i) $f(0,y)=y+1$
(ii) $f(x+1,0)=f(x,1)$
(iii) $f(x+1,y+1)=f(x,f(x+1,y))$
Find f(3,2005), f(4,2005)
Find all functions $f: \Bbb{R}_{0}^{+}\rightarrow \Bbb{R}_{0}^{+}$ with the following properties:
(a) We have $f\left( xf\left( y\right) \right) \cdot f\left( y\right) =f\left( x+y\right)$ for all $x$ and $y$.
(b) We have $f\left(2\right) = 0$.
(c) For every $x$ with $0 < x < 2$, the value $f\left(x\right)$ doesn't equal $0$.
[b]NOTE.[/b] We denote by $\Bbb{R}_{0}^{+}$ the set of all non-negative real numbers.
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[ f(xy+f(x)) + f(y) = xf(y) + f(x+y) \]
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Find all functions $f : R-\{0\} \to R$ which satisfy $(1 + y)f(x) - (1 + x)f(y) = yf(x/y) - xf(y/x)$ for all real $x, y \ne 0$, and which take the values $f(1) = 32$ and $f(-1) = -4$.