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Functional Equations

The document lists 42 math problems involving functions and equations. Many problems involve finding all functions that satisfy certain equations for all real numbers. Other problems involve determining if functions exist that satisfy specific properties or equations.

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Functional Equations

The document lists 42 math problems involving functions and equations. Many problems involve finding all functions that satisfy certain equations for all real numbers. Other problems involve determining if functions exist that satisfy specific properties or equations.

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1) Find all functions such that we have

(2005 Argentina TST)

2) Find all the functions from that satisfy:

(2008 Argentina TST)


3) Find all functions such that

holds for all real numbers .


(2010 Argentina TST)

4) Do there exist functions and , being periodic, such that

for all real ?


(1998 Belarus TST test 1)
5)
a) Let

. Prove that if for some positive integers the number is a cube of an integer
then is also a square of an integer.

b) Are there infinitely many pairs of positive integers for which is a square but not a
cube?
(1998 Belarus TST test 4)

6) Find all continuous functions such that for all real

(1998 Belarus TST test 7)


7) Does there exist a function such that

for all ?
(2000 Belarus TST test 1)

8) Find all functions such that

for all
(2000 Belarus TST test 4)

9) Find all functions and such that

for all real numbers .


(2009 Belarus TST test 3)

10) Find all real numbers for which there exists a function such that

for all real numbers .


(2009 Belarus TST test 5)

11)a) Does there exist a function such that for


all ?
b) Does there exist a function such that for
all ?
(2009 Belarus TST test 8)

12) Find all functions satisfying the following equality

for all . (2010 Belarus TST test 2)


13) Let be any function that maps the set of real numbers into the set of real numbers. Prove that
there exist real numbers and such that

(2010 Belarus TST test 5)

14) Let be a non-constant function from the set of positive integers into the set of positive integer,
such that divides for all distinct positive integers , . Prove that there exist
infinitely many primes such that divides for some positive integer .
(2010 Belarus TST test 6)

15) The function is defined by , where is the sum of digits


in the decimal representation of positive integer .
a) Prove that there are infinitely many numbers for which the equation has no
natural roots.
b) Prove that there are infinitely many numbers for which the equation has at
least two distinct natural roots.
(2010 Belarus TST test 8)

16) Find all real such that there exists a function satisfying the equation

for all real . (2011 Belarus TST test 1)

17) Find all functions satisfying the following equality

for all real and . (2011 Belarus TST test 2)

18) Find all functions such that for all real with
and
a)
b) (2011 Belarus TST test 7)

19) Find all functions , such that

for all . (2012 Belarus TST test 1)

20) For any point inside an acute-angled triangle we define

where , and are the intersection points of the lines and with the
sides , and , respectively. Let , and be the orthocenter, the incenter, and the
centroid of the triangle , respectively.
Prove that
` (2012 Belarus TST test 3)

21) Find all triples of real numbers for which there exists a non-zero function
, such that

for all real . (2012 Belarus TST test 5)

22) Determine all pairs of functions from the set of real numbers to itself that satisfy

for all real numbers and .


(2012 Belarus TST test 7)

23) Find all functions such that

,
for all (2014 Belarus TST test 2 )

24) Do there exist functions and , , such that

for all real and ? (2014 Belarus TST test 4)

25) Let be the set of positive integers. Find all functions such that

(2014 Belarus TST test 7)

26) Do there exist numbers and surjective function such that

for all real ? (2015 Belarus TST test 3)

27) Define the function by

Let and be two real numbers such that . We define the sequences and
by , and , for . Show that there exists a
positive integer such that

(2015 Belarus TST test 6)

28) Determine all functions satisfying


for all integers and .
(2015 Belarus TST test 8)
29) Find all real numbers such that exists function satisfying the following conditions:
1) for all real
2) is not constant
3) takes the value (2015 Belarus TST test 2)

30) Find all functions such that

for all real (2016 Belarus TST test 3)

31) a) Determine all functions such that

holds for all . (It is 2015 IMO Shortlist A2 )


b) The same question for if

for all integers (2016 Belarus TST test 6)

32) Find all functions such that

for all real and . (2017 Belarus TST test 3)

33) Denote by the set of all positive integers. Find all functions such that for all
positive integers and , the integer is nonzero and divides
.
(2017 Belarus TST test 8)

34) Does there exist a function such that

for any positive integer ? (As usual, stands for the set of positive integers.)\
(2019 Belarus TST test 1)
35) A function , where is the set of positive integers, satisfies the following condition:
for any positive integers and ( ) the number is divisible by .
Is the function necessarily a polynomial? (In other words, is it true that for any such function there
exists a polynomial with real coefficients such that for all positive integers ?)
(2019 Belarus TST test 5)

36) Let be the set of all integers. Find all functions satisfying the following
conditions:
1. for all ;
2. takes all integer values. (2019 Belarus TST test 8)

37) Suppose that a function satisfies Prove


that for all (1997 Belarus National MO)

38) a) Prove that for no real a such that there exists a function defined on the set of all
positive numbers and taking values in the same set, satisfying for all positive the equality

b) Prove that for any there are infinitely many functions defined on the set of all positive
numbers, with values in the same set, satisfying ( ) for all positive x.
(1998 Belarus National MO)

39) Does there exist a surjective function such that the


expression takes exactly two values and for various real and ?
(2003 Belarus National MO)

40) for every .


a)Prove, that if is finite, then is periodic.
b) Give example nonperiodic function. (2005 Belarus National MO)

41) Function satisfies the following equation for all real :

Find (2010 Belarus National MO)


42) Find all pairs of functions such as for all real and the equation holds.

(2012 Belarus National MO)

43) Find all functions determined on interval , satisfying following conditions

Here means a fractional part of number


(2015 Belarus National MO)

44) Find all functions , satisfying the following equation

for all positive and (2017 Belarus National MO)

45) Determine, whether there exists a function defined on the set of all positive real numbers and
taking positive values such that for all positive x and y?
(2018 Belarus National MO CatB)

46) Find all real numbers for which there exists a function defined on the set of all real numbers
which takes as its values all real numbers exactly once and satisfies the equality
for all real .
(2018 Belarus National MO CatA)
47) Positive real numbers and satisfy the following conditions: the function

has three different real roots, while the function

doesn't have real roots.


Prove that .
(2019 Belarus National MO CatC)

48) Find all functions satisfying the equality

for all real and .


(2019 Belarus National MO CatA)

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