Found problems: 2349
Find all pairs of function $f : Q \rightarrow R$ and $g : Q \rightarrow R,$ for which equations
\begin{align*}
f(x+y) &= f(x) f(y) + g(x) g(y) \\
g(x+y) &= f(x)g(y) + g(x)f(y) + g(x)g(y)
\end{align*}
holds for all rational numbers $x$ and $y.$
[i]Proposed by Gurgen Asatryan, Armenia [/i]
Find all polynomials $p$ with real coefficients such that for all real $x$
$$(x-8)p(2x)=8(x-1)p(x).$$
Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow\mathbb{N}$ such that
\[n+f(m)\mid f(n)+nf(m)\]
for all $m,n\in \mathbb{N}$
[i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}$ that satisfy the conditions:
$i) f(f(x)) = xf(x) - x^2 + 2,\forall x\in\mathbb{Z}$
$ii) f$ takes all integer values
Determine is there a function $a: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that:
$i)$ $a(0)=0$
$ii)$ $a(n)=n-a(a(n))$, $\forall n \in$ $ \mathbb{N}$.
If exists prove:
$a)$ $a(k)\geq a(k-1)$
$b)$ Does not exist positive integer $k$ such that $a(k-1)=a(k)=a(k+1)$.
Find all functions \( f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) such that for all \( x, y \in \mathbb{R} \),
\[
f(x + f(2y)) + f(x^2 - y) = f(f(x)) f(x + 1) + 2y - f(y).
\]
Let $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, $n\geq 2$. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}_{>0}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_{>0}$ such that $$f(x_1+\dots +x_n)^2=\sum_{i=1}^nf(x_i) ^2+ 2\sum_{i<j}f(x_ix_j),$$ for all $x_1,\dots ,x_n\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}$.
[i]Proposed by Andrei Vila[/i]
Find all real numbers $a$ such that there exist $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ with$$f(x+f(y))=f(x)+a\lfloor y \rfloor $$for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$
Determine all functions $f: R \longrightarrow R$ such that
$f(x+y)-f(x-y)=f(x)*f(y)$ for $x,y \in R$
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 $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ for which these two conditions hold simultaneously
(i) For all $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$ we have:
$$ \frac{f(mn)}{\gcd(m,n)} = \frac{f(m)f(n)}{f(\gcd(m,n))};$$
(ii) For all prime numbers $p$, there exists a prime number $q$ such that $f(p^{2025})=q^{2025}$.
Let $ f$ be a function from the set of real numbers $ \mathbb{R}$ into itself such for all $ x \in \mathbb{R},$ we have $ |f(x)| \leq 1$ and
\[ f \left( x \plus{} \frac{13}{42} \right) \plus{} f(x) \equal{} f \left( x \plus{} \frac{1}{6} \right) \plus{} f \left( x \plus{} \frac{1}{7} \right).\]
Prove that $ f$ is a periodic function (that is, there exists a non-zero real number $ c$ such $ f(x\plus{}c) \equal{} f(x)$ for all $ x \in \mathbb{R}$).
Find the continuous functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ having the following property:
$$ f\left( x+\frac{1}{n}\right) \le f(x) +\frac{1}{n},\quad\forall n\in\mathbb{Z}^* ,\quad\forall x\in\mathbb{R} . $$
Let $p$ be a prime number and let $\mathbb{F}_p$ be the finite field with $p$ elements. Consider an automorphism $\tau$ of the polynomial ring $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ given by
\[\tau(f)(x)=f(x+1).\]
Let $R$ denote the subring of $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ consisting of those polynomials $f$ with $\tau(f)=f$. Find a polynomial $g \in \mathbb{F}_p[x]$ such that $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ is a free module over $R$ with basis $g,\tau(g),\dots,\tau^{p-1}(g)$.
Find all $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ so that there exists a unique $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $f(0)=g(0)$ and
\[f(x+g(y))+f(-x-g(-y))=g(x+f(y))+g(-x-f(-y))\]
for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$.
[i]
Proposed by usjl[/i]
Find all continuous functions $f : R \to R$ such that
$$f(x + f(y)) = f(x + y) + y,$$
for all $x, y \in R$. No proof is required for this problem.
The function $f(x,y)$ satisfies: $f(0,y)=y+1, f(x+1,0) = f(x,1), f(x+1,y+1)=f(x,f(x+1,y))$ for all non-negative integers $x,y$. Find $f(4,1981)$.
Suppose $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ is a function such that $$f^n(n) = 2n$$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$. Must $f(n) = n+1$ for all $n$?
Let $ \mathbb{N}_0$ denote the set of nonnegative integers. Find all functions $ f$ from $ \mathbb{N}_0$ to itself such that
\[ f(m \plus{} f(n)) \equal{} f(f(m)) \plus{} f(n)\qquad \text{for all} \; m, n \in \mathbb{N}_0.
\]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x)f(y)=f(x+y)+xy$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all $n$ such that there is a real polynomial $f(x)$ of degree $n$ such that $f(x) \ge f'(x)$ for all real $x$.
Let $\mathbb{Q}$ be the set of rational numbers. A function $f: \mathbb{Q} \to \mathbb{Q}$ is called aquaesulian if the following property holds: for every $x,y \in \mathbb{Q}$,
\[ f(x+f(y)) = f(x) + y \quad \text{or} \quad f(f(x)+y) = x + f(y). \]
Show that there exists an integer $c$ such that for any aquaesulian function $f$ there are at most $c$ different rational numbers of the form $f(r) + f(-r)$ for some rational number $r$, and find the smallest possible value of $c$.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{2}] \to \mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{2}]$ such that for all $x, y \in \mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{2}]$,
$$
f(xy) = f(x)f(y) \quad \text{and} \quad f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y),
$$
where $\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{2}] = \{ a + b\sqrt{2} \mid a, b \in \mathbb{Q} \}$.
[I]Proposed by Stijn Cambie, Belgium[/i]
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $x f(x)-y f(y) = (x-y)f(x+y)$ for all $x,y \in R$.
$\mathbb{Z}[x]$ represents the set of all polynomials with integer coefficients. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}[x]\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}[x]$ such that for any 2 polynomials $P,Q$ with integer coefficients and integer $r$, the following statement is true. \[P(r)\mid Q(r) \iff f(P)(r)\mid f(Q)(r).\]
(We define $a|b$ if and only if $b=za$ for some integer $z$. In particular, $0|0$.)
[i]Proposed by the4seasons.[/i]