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Number theory Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it United Kingdom

Determine all functions f(n)f(n) from the positive integers to the positive integers which satisfy the following condition: whenever aa, bb and cc are positive integers such that 1/a+1/b=1/c1/a + 1/b = 1/c, then
1/f(a)+1/f(b)=1/f(c).1/f(a) + 1/f(b) = 1/f(c).

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