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Find all functions f:CCf : \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C} such that for all complex numbers x,yx, y:
f(f(x)+yf(y))=x+y2 f(f(x) + y f(y)) = x + |y|^2

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Plugging y=0y = 0 it follows that f(f(x))=xf(f(x)) = x, hence the function is bijective. Plugging (x,y)=(0,1)(x, y) = (0, 1) it follows that f(f(0)+f(1))=1=f(f(1))f(f(0) + f(1)) = 1 = f(f(1)) using injectivity to obtain f(0)=0f(0) = 0. Now, taking ff from both sides and using f(f(x))=xf(f(x)) = x to obtain f(x)+yf(y)=f(x+y2)f(x) + y f(y) = f(x + |y|^2). Plugging x=0x = 0 yields yf(y)=f(y2)y f(y) = f(|y|^2). Hence, f(x)+f(z)=f(x+z)f(x) + f(z) = f(x + z) where z=y2z = |y|^2 is non-negative real number. Hence, plugging (x,y)=(0,f(y))(x, y) = (0, f(y)) gives yf(y)=f(f(y)2)=f(y2)y f(y) = f(|f(y)|^2) = f(|y|^2). Again, using injectivity, we have f(y)=y|f(y)| = |y|. Let x,z>0x, z > 0 be real numbers then
x+z=f(x)+f(z)f(x)+f(z)=f(x+z)=x+z x + z = |f(x)| + |f(z)| \ge |f(x) + f(z)| = |f(x+z)| = x + z
Hence, the equality case of the triangle inequality occurs. Thus f(x)f(z)>0\frac{f(x)}{f(z)} > 0. Let C=f(1)C = f(1) it follows that f(x)=Cxf(x) = Cx for all x>0x > 0. Now, by yf(y)=f(y2)=yf(y)=Cy2y f(y) = f(|y|^2) = |y| f(|y|) = C|y|^2. We find that f(y)=Cy2y=Cyˉf(y) = C \frac{|y|^2}{y} = C \bar{y}.

Plugging it into the original functional equation, we obtain,
f(f(x)+yf(y))=CCxˉ+Cyyˉ=C2(x+y2)=x+y2 f(f(x) + y f(y)) = \overline{C \cdot C \bar{x} + C y \bar{y}} = |C|^2(x + |y|^2) = x + |y|^2
Thus, C=1|C| = 1.

Solution 2

After we obtained f(y)=y|f(y)| = |y|, we can say x+y2f(x)+yf(y)=x+y2x + |y|^2 \ge |f(x) + y f(y)| = x + |y|^2. Hence, f(x)yf(y)>0\frac{f(x)}{y f(y)} > 0. The rest would be analogous to the previous proof.

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