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a) Find at least two functions $f: \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that $$\displaystyle{2f(x^2)\geq xf(x) + x,}$$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}^+.$ b) Let $f: \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ be a function such that $$\displaystyle{2f(x^2)\geq xf(x) + x,}$$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}^+.$ Show that $ f(x^3)\geq x^2,$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}^+.$ Can we find the best constant $a\in \Bbb{R}$ such that $f(x)\geq x^a,$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}^+?$
Consider the function $ h$, defined for all positive real numbers, such that: $$10x -6h(x) = 4h \left(\frac{2020}{x}\right) $$ for all $x > 0$. Find $h(x)$ and the value of $h(4)$.
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{Z} \minus{} \{ 0 \} \rightarrow \mathbb{Q}$ satisfying: $ f \left( \frac{x\plus{}y}{3} \right)\equal{}\frac {f(x)\plus{}f(y)}{2},$ whenever $ x,y,\frac{x\plus{}y}{3} \in \mathbb{Z} \minus{} \{ 0 \}.$
Consider functions $\, f: [0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \,$ which satisfy (i) $f(x) \geq 0 \,$ for all $\, x \,$ in $\, [0,1],$ (ii) $f(1) = 1,$ (iii) $f(x) + f(y) \leq f(x+y)\,$ whenever $\, x, \, y, \,$ and $\, x + y \,$ are all in $\, [0,1]$. Find, with proof, the smallest constant $\, c \,$ such that \[ f(x) \leq cx \] for every function $\, f \,$ satisfying (i)-(iii) and every $\, x \,$ in $\, [0,1]$.
Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of all positive integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ such that $$x^2-y^2+2y(f(x)+f(y))$$ is a square of an integer for all positive integers $x$ and $y$.
Suppose that a function $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ is such that for any real $h$ there exist at most $19990509$ different values of $x$ for which $f(x)\ne f(x+h)$. Prove that there is a set of at most $9995256$ real numbers such that $f$ is constant outside of this set.
A function f : $R$ $\rightarrow$ $R$ satisfies the property $f(x^2) - f^2(x) \geq 1/4$ for all x. Verify if the function is one-one.
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x+y)-2f(x-y)+f(x)-2f(y)=y-2,\forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}$.
Let $f: N^+ \to N^+$ be a function that satisfies that $$kf(n) \le f (kn) \le kf(n)+ k- 1, \,\, \forall k,n \in N^+$$ Prove that $$f(a) + f(b) \le f (a + b) \le f(a) + f(b) + 1, \,\, \forall a, b \in N^+$$
Determine all non-negative real numbers $a$, for which $f(a)=0$ for all functions $f: \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}\to \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0} $, who satisfy the equation $f(f(x) + f(y)) = yf(1 + yf(x))$ for all non-negative real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(f(x)+x+f(y)f(z))=f(x+zf(x)+zf(y))-xf(z-1)\]for all $x,y,z\in\mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $$f\left(x^3+f(y)\right)=x^2f(x)+y,$$for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}.$ (Here $\mathbb{R}$ denotes the set of all real numbers.)
Determine all functions $f : R \to R$ satisfying $f(f(x) + 2y)= 6x + f(f(y) -x)$ for all real numbers $x,y$
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ such that $\boxed{1} \ f(1) = 1$ $\boxed{2} \ f(m+n)(f(m)-f(n)) = f(m-n)(f(m)+f(n)) \ \forall \ m,n \in \mathbb{Z}$
Find all surjective functions $f\colon (0,+\infty) \to (0,+\infty)$ such that $2x f(f(x)) = f(x)(x+f(f(x)))$ for all $x>0$.
Do there exist functions $f$ and $g$, $f : R \to R$, $g : R \to R$ such that $f(x + f(y)) = y^2 + g(x)$ for all real $x$ and $y$ ? (I. Gorodnin)
Find all real functions $f$ defined on $ \mathbb R$, such that \[f(f(x)+y) = f(f(x)-y)+4f(x)y ,\] for all real numbers $x,y$.
A function $f$ satisfies the conditions $f (x) \ne 0$ and $f (x+2) = f (x-1) f (x+5)$ for all real x. Show that $f (x+18) = f (x)$ for any real $x$.
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ xf(y) + f(xf(y)) - xf(f(y)) - f(xy) = 2x + f(y) - f(x+y)\] holds for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Let be a nonnegative integer $ n. $ Find all continuous functions $ f:\mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ for which the following equation holds: $$ (1+n)\int_0^x f(t) dt =nxf(x) ,\quad\forall x>0. $$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ such that $$|xf(y)-yf(x)|$$ is a perfect square for every $x,y \in \mathbb{N}$
Find all $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ functions such that $$f(x+y)^3=(x+2y)f(x^2)+f(f(y))(x^2+3xy+y^2)$$ for all real numbers $x,y$
Find all functions $f$ and $g$ defined from $\mathbb{R}_{>0}$ to $\mathbb{R}_{>0}$ such that for all $x, y > 0$ the two equations hold $$ (f(x) + y - 1)(g(y) + x - 1) = {(x + y)}^2 $$ $$ (-f(x) + y)(g(y) + x) = (x + y + 1)(y - x - 1) $$ [i]Note: $\mathbb{R}_{>0}$ denotes the set of positive real numbers.[/i]
Prove that there is a function $f$ from the set of all natural numbers to itself such that for any natural number $n$, $f(f(n)) = n^2$.
Let $P$ be a polynomial with real coefficients. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that there exists a real number $t$ such that \[f(x+t) - f(x) = P(x)\] for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.