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Let $\mathbb R^+$ denote the set of positive real numbers.Find all functions $f:\mathbb R^+\rightarrow \mathbb R^+$ satisfying the following equation for all $x,y\in \mathbb R^+$: $$f(xy+f(y)^2)=f(x)f(y)+yf(y)$$
If $f(x)=4^x$ then $f(x+1)-f(x)$ equals: $ \text{(A)}\ 4\qquad\text{(B)}\ f(x)\qquad\text{(C)}\ 2f(x)\qquad\text{(D)}\ 3f(x)\qquad\text{(E)}\ 4f(x) $
Let $\mathbb{P}$ be the set of all prime numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{P}\rightarrow\mathbb{P}$ such that: $$f(p)^{f(q)}+q^p=f(q)^{f(p)}+p^q$$ holds for all $p,q\in\mathbb{P}$. [i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]
Find all $f:\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ such that \[f\left(\left\lfloor\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}\right\rfloor\right)+f(x)=f(f(y))+\left\lfloor\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}\right\rfloor\] holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Z}$. [i]Proposed by usjl[/i]
Find the smallest positive integer $k$ for which there exists a colouring of the positive integers $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ with $k$ colours and a function $f:\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\to \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ with the following two properties: $(i)$ For all positive integers $m,n$ of the same colour, $f(m+n)=f(m)+f(n).$ $(ii)$ There are positive integers $m,n$ such that $f(m+n)\ne f(m)+f(n).$ [i]In a colouring of $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ with $k$ colours, every integer is coloured in exactly one of the $k$ colours. In both $(i)$ and $(ii)$ the positive integers $m,n$ are not necessarily distinct.[/i]
Find all functions $f : N\rightarrow N - \{1\}$ satisfying $f (n)+ f (n+1)= f (n+2) +f (n+3) -168$ for all $n \in N$ .
Determine all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $f(x) \ge 0$ for all positive reals $x$, $f(0) = 0$ and for all reals $x, y$ $$f(x + y -xy) = f(x) + f(y) - f(xy).$$
Let $\mathbb R_{>0}$ be the set of positive real numbers. Determine all functions $f \colon \mathbb R_{>0} \to \mathbb R_{>0}$ such that \[x \big(f(x) + f(y)\big) \geqslant \big(f(f(x)) + y\big) f(y)\] for every $x, y \in \mathbb R_{>0}$.
Find all functions $f: R\to R$ such that for all real numbers $x, y$ is satisfied that $$f (x + y) = (f (x))^{ 2013} + f (y).$$
Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f \colon \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{Z}$ such that \[\left\lfloor \frac{f(mn)}{n} \right\rfloor=f(m)\] for all positive integers $m,n$. [i]Merlijn Staps[/i]
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ with the property that \[f(x-f(y))=f(f(x))-f(y)-1\] holds for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Z}$.
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ satisfying $P(x+1)-2P(x)+P(x-1)= x$ for all $x$
Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R^{\ast }}\rightarrow \mathbb{ R^{\ast }}$ satisfying $f(\frac{f(x)}{f(y)})=\frac{1}{y}f(f(x))$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R^{\ast }}$ and are strictly monotone in $(0,+\infty )$
Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}^+\to \mathbb{Z}$ which satisfy the following condition for all pairs $(x,y)$ of [i]relatively prime[/i] positive integers: \[f(x+y) = f(x+1) + f(y+1).\]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{N}$ so that for every natural numbers $m,n$ :$f(n)+2mn+f(m)$ is a perfect square.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which satisfy $yf(x)+f(y) \geq f(xy)$
Find all function $ f: \mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ satisfy $ f(mn)\plus{}f(m\plus{}n)\equal{}f(m)f(n)\plus{}1$ for all natural number $ n$
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying \[f^{a^{2} + b^{2}}(a+b) = af(a) +bf(b)\] for all integers $a$ and $b$
Find all functions $f : Z \to Z$ satisfying $f(m + n) + f(mn -1) = f(m)f(n) + 2$ for all $m, n \in Z$.
A function $g \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is given such that its range is a finite set. Find all functions $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that satisfies $$2f(x+g(y))=f(2g(x)+y)+f(x+3g(y))$$ for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
Determine all functions $f$ from the real numbers to the real numbers, different from the zero function, such that $f(x)f(y)=f(x-y)$ for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.
Show that if $\lambda > \frac{1}{2}$ there does not exist a real-valued function $u(x)$ such that for all $x$ in the closed interval $[0,1]$ the following holds: $$u(x)= 1+ \lambda \int_{x}^{1} u(y) u(y-x) \; dy.$$
Find all polynomials \(P(x)\) with real coefficients such that for all nonzero real numbers \(x\), \[P(x)+P\left(\frac1x\right) =\frac{P\left(x+\frac1x\right) +P\left(x-\frac1x\right)}2.\] [i]Proposed by Holden Mui[/i]
Let $f: N \to N$ be a function satisfying (a) $1\le f(x)-x \le 2019$ $\forall x \in N$ (b) $f(f(x))\equiv x$ (mod $2019$) $\forall x \in N$ Show that $\exists x \in N$ such that $f^k(x)=x+2019 k, \forall k \in N$
Find all functions $ f: N \rightarrow N $ such that: $\bullet$ $ f (m) = 1 \iff m = 1 $; $\bullet$ If $ d = \gcd (m, n) $, then $ f (mn) = \frac {f (m) f (n)} {f (d)} $; and $\bullet$ $ \forall m \in N $, we have $ f ^ {2012} (m) = m $. Clarification: $f^n (a) = f (f^{n-1} (a))$