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Functional Equations Exercises

The document contains 29 problems involving finding functional equations that satisfy given properties. The problems involve functions mapping various domains like real numbers, rational numbers, integers, and natural numbers to themselves or other number sets. The functions are subject to constraints like being even, odd, monotonic, or satisfying particular equations for all inputs.

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Functional Equations Exercises

The document contains 29 problems involving finding functional equations that satisfy given properties. The problems involve functions mapping various domains like real numbers, rational numbers, integers, and natural numbers to themselves or other number sets. The functions are subject to constraints like being even, odd, monotonic, or satisfying particular equations for all inputs.

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Functional Equations: Exercises

Mattia Tiso August 2010


1) Find all functions f : R R such that: f (f (x) + y) = 2x + f (f (y) x) x, y R

2) Find all functions f : R {0} R such that: 1 1 f (x) + f ( ) = x x x x = 0

3) Find all functions f : R {0} R such that: 1.f (1) = 1 1 1 1 2.f ( x+y ) = f ( x ) + f ( y ) 3.(x + y)f (x + y) = xyf (x)f (y) x = 0 4) Find all functions f : Q Q such that: f (x + f (y)) = f (x) + y x, y Q

5) Find all functions f : R R such that: f (x f (y)) = f (f (y)) + xf (y) + f (x) 1 x, y R

6) Find all functions f : R R such that: f (f (x)2 + f (y)) = xf (x) + y x, y R

7) Find all functions f : R R such that: f (y) x2 y + f( ) x f (x) x, y R

8) Find all functions f : R+ R+ such that: f (x y) = f (x)f (y) x, y R+

9) Find all functions f : N R such that: 1.f (x + 22) = f (x) x N 2 y) = (f (x))2 f (y) 2.f (x x, y N 10) Find all functions f : N N {1} such that: f (n + 1) + f (n + 3) = f (n + 5)f (n + 7) 666 n N {0}

11) Find all functions f : Q+ Q+ such that: f (xf (y)) = f (x) y x, y Q+

12) Find all functions f : Z Z such that: 3f (x) 2f (f (x)) = x x Z

13) Find all functions f : R R such that: f (f (x + y)) = f (x + y) + f (x)f (y) xy x, y R

14) Find all functions f : R+ R such that: 1 x x2 f ( ) + f (x) = x x+1 x, y R

15) Find all functions f : R R such that: (f (x) + f (y))(f (u) + f (v)) = f (xu yu) + f (xv + yu) x, y, u, v R

16) Find all functions f : R R such that f (x + y)f (x y) = (f (x) + f (y))2 4x2 f (y)

17) Show that there is no functions f : N N satisfying f (f (n)) = n + 1 for each positive integer n 18) Prove that all function f : R R satisfying,for all real x, f (x) = f (2x) = f (x 1) are periodic 19) Find all strictly monotone functions f : R R such that f (x + f (y)) = f (x) + y for all real x, y 20) if n > 1 is an integer,prove that there is no strictly monotone function f : R R such that f (x + f (y)) = f (x) + y n for all real x, y 21) nd all functions f : Z Z such that f (n|m|) + f (n(|m| + 2)) = 2f (n(|m| + 1)) 3 n, m Z

22) Find all functions f : R R such that xf (y) + yf (x) = (x + y)f (x)f (y)

23) Find all functions f : R R such that ( ( )) ( ) 1 1 2 2 f (x ) f (x) + f =1+f 2 y xy

x, y R

24) Find all real-valued functions on the real such that f (x) = f (x), f (x+ 1) = f (x) + 1 for all x and 1 1 f ( ) = 2 f (x), x = 0 x x

25) Find all functions f, g : R R such that f (x + y) = g( 1 1 + )(xy)2008 x y x, y = 0

26) Find all functions f : Z Z such that f (x2 + f (y) 1) = (x + 1)f (x) + y

27) Find all functions f : R R such that ( )( ) 1 1 f (x + xy + f (y)) = f (x) + f (y) + 2 2

x, y R

28) Find all functions f : R+ R+ such that for all x > y > 0, f (x + y) f (x y) = 4 f (x)f (y)

29)Let n > m > 1 be odd integers, let f (x) = xn + xm + x + 1. Prove 4

that f (x) cant be expressed as the product of two polynomials having integer coecients and positive degrees 30)Find all real-valued functions f dened on R0 , the set of all non-zero reals, such that (a) f (x) = f (x). (b) ) ( ) ( ) ( 1 1 1 =f +f + 2(xy 1000). f x+y x y (for all x, y in R0 , such that x + y is in R0 , too)

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