Found problems: 2349
Let $ \mathbb{R}$ denote the set of all real numbers and $ \mathbb{R}^\plus{}$ the subset of all positive ones. Let $ \alpha$ and $ \beta$ be given elements in $ \mathbb{R},$ not necessarily distinct. Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}^\plus{} \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[ f(x)f(y) \equal{} y^{\alpha} f \left( \frac{x}{2} \right) \plus{} x^{\beta} f \left( \frac{y}{2} \right) \forall x,y \in \mathbb{R}^\plus{}.\]
The function $f: Z \to Z$ satisfies the following conditions:
1) $f(f(n))=n$ for all integers $n$
2) $f(f(n+2)+2) = n$ for all integers $n$
3) $f(0)=1$.
Find the value of $f(1995)$ and $f(-1994)$.
Determine all values of $a \in R$ such that there exists a function $f : [0, 1] \to R$ fulfilling the following inequality for all $x \ne y$: $$|f(x) - f(y)| \ge a.$$
Is there a function $f(x)$ defined for all $x \in R$ and for all $x, y \in R $ satisfying the inequality
$$|f(x + y) + \sin x + \sin y| < 2?$$
Find all functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that for any $x,y \in \mathbb R$, the multiset $\{(f(xf(y)+1),f(yf(x)-1)\}$ is identical to the multiset $\{xf(f(y))+1,yf(f(x))-1\}$.
[i]Note:[/i] The multiset $\{a,b\}$ is identical to the multiset $\{c,d\}$ if and only if $a=c,b=d$ or $a=d,b=c$.
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that \[f(xy-1)+f(x)f(y)=2xy-1,\]for any real numbers $x{}$ and $y{}.$
Let $\mathbb{N} =\{1, 2, 3, ...\}$ be the set of positive integers. Let $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be a function that gives a positive integer value, to every positive integer. Suppose that $f$ satisfies the following conditions:
$f(1)=1$
$f(a+b+ab)=a+b+f(ab)$
Find the value of $f(2015)$
Proposed by Jose Antonio Gomez Ortega
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^+$ such that if $a,b,c$ are the length sides of a triangle, and $r$ is the radius of its incircle, then $f(a),f(b),f(c)$ also form a triangle where its radius of the incircle is $f(r)$.
Suppose the function $f:[1,+\infty)\to[1,+\infty)$ satisfies the following two conditions:
(i) $f(f(x))=x^2$ for any $x\geq 1$;
(ii) $f(x)\leq x^2+2021x$ for any $x\geq 1$.
1. Prove that $x<f(x)<x^2$ for any $x\geq 1$.
2. Prove that there exists a function $f$ satisfies the above two conditions and the following one:
(iii) There are no real constants $c$ and $A$, such that $0<c<1$, and $\frac{f(x)}{x^2}<c$ for any $x>A$.
Let $\mathbb Z^{\geq 0}$ be the set of all non-negative integers. Consider a function $f:\mathbb Z^{\geq 0} \to \mathbb Z^{\geq 0}$ such that $f(0)=1$ and $f(1)=1$, and that for any integer $n \geq 1$, we have
\[f(n + 1)f(n - 1) = nf(n)f(n - 1) + (f(n))^2.\]
Determine the value of $f(2023)/f(2022)$.
Let $\mathbb Q_{>0}$ be the set of all positive rational numbers. Let $f:\mathbb Q_{>0}\to\mathbb R$ be a function satisfying the following three conditions:
(i) for all $x,y\in\mathbb Q_{>0}$, we have $f(x)f(y)\geq f(xy)$;
(ii) for all $x,y\in\mathbb Q_{>0}$, we have $f(x+y)\geq f(x)+f(y)$;
(iii) there exists a rational number $a>1$ such that $f(a)=a$.
Prove that $f(x)=x$ for all $x\in\mathbb Q_{>0}$.
[i]Proposed by Bulgaria[/i]
The function $F$ , defined on the entire real line, satisfies the following relation (for all $x$ ) : $F(x +1 )F(x) + F(x + 1 ) + 1 = 0$ . Prove that $F$ is not continuous.
(A.I. Plotkin, Leningrad)
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{N}$ such that for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$: \[f^{(19)}(n)+97f(n)=98n+232.\]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(xy)=\max\{f(x+y),f(x) f(y)\} \]
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Prove that there is no function $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ with $f(0) >0$, and such that
\[f(x+y) \geq f(x) +yf(f(x)) \text{ for all } x,y \in \mathbb{R}. \]
Let $\alpha$ be a non-zero real number. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that
\[
xf(x+y)=(x+\alpha y)f(x)+xf(y)
\]
for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$.
Find all functions $f: R \to R$ and $g:R \to R$ such that $f(x-f(y))=xf(y)-yf(x)+g(x)$ for all real numbers $x,y$.
I.Voronovich
Compute $g(2005)$ where $g$ is a function defined on the natural numbers that has the following properties:
i) $g(1) = 0$
ii) $g(nm) = g(n) + g(m) + g(n)g(m)$ for any pair of integers $n, m$.
iii) $g(n^2 + 1) = (g(n) + 1)^2$ for every integer $n$.
Find all functions $ f : \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying following conditions.
(a) $ f(x) \ge 0 $ for all $ x \in \mathbb{R} $.
(b) For $ a, b, c, d \in \mathbb{R} $ with $ ab + bc + cd = 0 $, equality $ f(a-b) + f(c-d) = f(a) + f(b+c) + f(d) $ holds.
Let $\alpha$ be an arbitrary angle and let $x = cos\alpha, y = cosn\alpha$ ($n \in Z$).
i) Prove that to each value $x \in [-1, 1]$ corresponds one and only one value of $y$.
Thus we can write $y$ as a function of $x, y = T_n(x)$.
Compute $T_1(x), T_2(x)$ and prove that $T_{n+1}(x) = 2xT_n(x) - T_{n-1}(x)$.
From this it follows that $T_n(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $n$.
ii) Prove that the polynomial $T_n(x$) has $n$ distinct roots in $[-1, 1]$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}\rightarrow\mathbb{Q}$ such that\[f(x)+f(t)=f(y)+f(z)\]for all rational numbers $x<y<z<t$ that form an arithmetic progression. ($\mathbb{Q}$ is the set of all rational numbers.)
Find all functions $f$ defined for all $x$ that satisfy the condition $xf(y) + yf(x) = (x + y)f(x)f(y),$ for all $x$ and $y.$ Prove that exactly two of them are continuous.
Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $$f(xf(y))= (1 - y)f(xy) + x^2y^2f(y)$$
for all reals $x, y$.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\mapsto\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that
$$xf(x)+(f(y))^2+2xf(y)$$
is perfect square for all positive integers $x,y$.
**This problem was proposed by me for the BMO 2017 and it was shortlisted. We then used it in our TST.
Suppose an integer-valued function $f$ satisfies
$$\sum_{k=1}^{2n+1}f(k)=\ln|2n+1|-4\ln|2n-1|\enspace\text{and}\enspace\sum_{k=0}^{2n}f(k)=4e^n-e^{n-1}$$
for all non-negative integers $n$. Determine $\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{f(n)}{2^n}$.