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Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that admit a primitive $ F $ defined as $ F(x)=\left\{\begin{matrix} f(x)/x, & x\neq 0 \\ 2007, & x=0 \end{matrix}\right. . $
Prove that there is a function $ F:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow\mathbb{N} $ satisfying $ (F\circ F) (n) =n^2, $ for all $ n\in\mathbb{N} . $
The function $f$ is defined for non-negative integers and satisfies the condition $f(n) = f(f(n + 11))$, if $n \le 1999$ and $f(n) = n - 5$, if $n > 1999$. Find all solutions of the equation $f(n) = 1999$.
Consider a function $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$: \[ f(x+1) = \frac{1}{2} + \sqrt{f(x) - f(x)^2}. \] Prove that there exists a $b > 0$ such that $f(x + b) = f(x)$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.
Find all pairs of positive integer $\alpha$ and function $f : N \to N_0$ that satisfies (i) $f(mn^2) = f(mn) + \alpha f(n)$ for all positive integers $m, n$. (ii) If $n$ is a positive integer and $p$ is a prime number with $p|n$, then $f(p) \ne 0$ and $f(p)|f(n)$.
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ which satisfy $f(x) = max_{y\in R} (2xy - f(y))$ for all $x \in R$.
Find all functions $f: (1,\infty)\text{to R}$ satisfying $f(x)-f(y)=(y-x)f(xy)$ for all $x,y>1$. [hide="hint"]you may try to find $f(x^5)$ by two ways and then continue the solution. I have also solved by using this method.By finding $f(x^5)$ in two ways I found that $f(x)=xf(x^2)$ for all $x>1$.[/hide]
Determine all functions $f : R \to R$ such that for all $x, y \in R$ holds $$f(xf(x) + f(y)) = y + f(x)^2$$
The function $f: \mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}_{0}$ satisfies for all $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$: \[f(m+n)-f(m)-f(n)=0\text{ or }1, \; f(2)=0, \; f(3)>0, \; \text{ and }f(9999)=3333.\] Determine $f(1982)$.
Determine all functions $f:\Bbb{R}\to\Bbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x^2 + f(y)) = (f(x) + y^2)^ 2 \] , for all $x,y\in \Bbb{R}.$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that: $$f(xy+f(x))=xf(y)$$ for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f$ from the reals to the reals such that \[f\left(f(x)+y\right)=2x+f\left(f(y)-x\right)\] for all real $x,y$.
Let $ S$ be the set of all real numbers strictly greater than −1. Find all functions $ f: S \to S$ satisfying the two conditions: (a) $ f(x \plus{} f(y) \plus{} xf(y)) \equal{} y \plus{} f(x) \plus{} yf(x)$ for all $ x, y$ in $ S$; (b) $ \frac {f(x)}{x}$ is strictly increasing on each of the two intervals $ \minus{} 1 < x < 0$ and $ 0 < x$.
Let $\mathbb{R}_{\neq 0}$ be the set of nonzero real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}_{\neq 0}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_{\neq 0}$ such that, for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}_{\neq 0}$, \[(x-y)f(y^2)+f\left(xy\,f\left(\frac{x^2}{y}\right)\right)=f(y^2f(y)).\]
Let f be a function from the set Z of all integers into itself, that satisfies the condition for all $m \in Z$, $$f(f(m)) =-m. \ \ (1)$$ Then: (a) $f$ is a mutually unique mapping, i.e. a simple mapping of the set $Z$ onto the set $Z$ , (b) for all $m \in Z$ holds that $f(-m) = -f(m)$ , (c) $f(m) = 0$ if and only if $m = 0$ . Prove these statements and construct an example of a mapping f that satisfies condition (1).
Find all real-valued functions $f$ on the reals such that $f(-x) = -f(x)$, $f(x+1) = f(x) + 1$ for all $x$, and $f\left(\dfrac{1}{x}\right) = \dfrac{f(x)}{x^2}$ for $x \not = 0$.
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(x)f(y)=f(xy-1)+yf(x)+xf(y)\] for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$
Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} $ such that for all $x,y\in{{\mathbb{R}}}$ holds $f(x^2)+f(2y^2)=(f(x+y)+f(y))(f(x-y)+f(y))$ [i]Proposed by Matija Bucić[/i]
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 $x\in\mathbb{R}$.
Suppose that$ f : N \to N$ is an increasing function such that $f(f(n)) = 3n$ for all $n$. Find $f(1992)$.
Find all integer-valued polynomials $$f, g : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N} \text{ such that} \; \forall \; x \in \mathbb{N}, \tau (f(x)) = g(x)$$ holds for all positive integer $x$, where $\tau (x)$ is the number of positive factors of $x$ [i]Proposed By - ckliao914[/i]
Let Q+ and Z denote the set of positive rationals and the set of inte- gers, respectively. Find all functions f : Q+ → Z satisfying the following conditions: (i) f(1999) = 1; (ii) f(ab) = f(a) + f(b) for all a, b ∈ Q+; (iii) f(a + b) ≥ min{f(a), f(b)} for all a, b ∈ Q+.
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for every $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$ $$f(x^{4}-y^{4})+4f(xy)^{2}=f(x^{4}+y^{4})$$
Find all functions $f$ from the set of real numbers into the set of real numbers which satisfy for all $x$, $y$ the identity \[ f\left(xf(x+y)\right) = f\left(yf(x)\right) +x^2\] [i]Proposed by Japan[/i]
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(x + y) + y \le f(f(f(x)))\] holds for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.