ALOK KUMAR FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS

INMOTC-2020
ISI KOLKATA
FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS
1. Let f :    be an additive function such that f (1)  1 and
1
f (x ) f    1
x 
for all x  0. Prove that f (x )  x .

2. Find all increasing functions f :    such that

 x  y  f (x )  f (y )
f 
 3  2
for all x , y  .

3. Find all functions f :    that satisfy

f ( f (x )  yz )  x  f (y ) f (z )
for all x , y, z  .

4. Find all functions f :    such that

xf (x )  yf (y )  (x  y ) f (x  y )
for all x , y   .

5. Find all functions f :    satisfying

(i) f(n) f(–n) = f(n 2);

(ii) f(m+n) = f(m) + f(n) + 2mn.

6. Find functions f :  0   0 , such that

f(x2 +f(y)) = xf(x) + y for all x, y   0 .

7. Find all functions f :    such that

f  x 1  y    f  x  1  f y   ,

for all real numbers x,y.

8. Find all functions f :      satisfying

f(x)f(yf(x)) = f(x+y) for all x, y > 0.

9. Find all functions f from the real numbers to the real numbers which satisfy
f(x3) + f(y3) = (x+y) (f(x 2) + f(y2) – f(xy))
for all real numbers x and y.

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10. Let S be the set of all non-zero real valued functions f defined on the set of
all real numbers such that

f  x 2  yf  z    xf  x   zf  y 

for all real numbers x, y and z. Find the maximum value of f(12345), where fS.
11. Find all functions f (0, )  (0,  ) such that
f (x )2  f (y )2 x 2  y 2

f (z 2 )  f (t 2 ) z 2  t 2
for all x , y, z ,t  (0,  ) with xy  zt.

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