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Algebra Difficulty 6.5 National olympiad Prove it Ukraine

Find all functions f:(0,+)(0,+)f:(0, +\infty) \rightarrow (0, +\infty) for which for any positive numbers x,yx, y the following equality is true:
f(f(x)+y)=f(f(x))+2yf(x)f(y)+2y2+1.(Ihor Voronovych) f(f(x)+y) = f(f(x))+2yf(x)-f(y)+2y^2+1. \qquad (\text{Ihor Voronovych})

Solution

From the task of the problem when substituting y=f(y)y = f(y) we have that
f(f(x)+f(y))=f(f(x))+2f(y)f(x)f(f(y))+2f2(y)+1f(f(x)+f(y))f(f(x))2f(y)f(x)f(f(y))=2f(f(y))+2f2(y)+1. \begin{aligned} f(f(x)+f(y)) &= f(f(x))+2f(y)f(x)-f(f(y))+2f^2(y)+1 \Rightarrow \\ f(f(x)+f(y))-f(f(x))-2f(y)f(x)-f(f(y)) &= -2f(f(y))+2f^2(y)+1. \end{aligned}
Therefore, due to the symmetry of the left part relative to the variables x,yx, y the following equality must be obtained:
f(f(y))=f2(y)+c, where c=constf(f(x)+f(y))=f2(x)+c+2f(y)f(x)f2(y)c+2f2(y)+1 andf(f(x)+f(y))=(f(x)+f(y))2+1.(1) \begin{aligned} &f(f(y)) = f^2(y)+c, \text{ where } c = \text{const} \Rightarrow \\ &f(f(x)+f(y)) = f^2(x)+c+2f(y)f(x)-f^2(y)-c+2f^2(y)+1 \text{ and} \\ &f(f(x)+f(y)) = (f(x)+f(y))^2 +1. \end{aligned} \qquad (1)

Let's fix some x0x_0, and let y0=f(x0)y_0 = f(x_0). Then if x=x0x = x_0 we get that
f(f(x0)+y)+f(y)=f(f(x0))+2yf(x0)+2y2+1, orf(y0+y)+f(y)=f(y0)+2yy0+2y2+1f(y0+y)+f(y)=2yy0+2y2+f(y0)+1. \begin{aligned} &f(f(x_0)+y)+f(y) = f(f(x_0))+2yf(x_0)+2y^2+1, \text{ or} \\ &f(y_0+y)+f(y) = f(y_0)+2yy_0+2y^2+1 \Leftrightarrow \\ &f(y_0+y)+f(y) = 2yy_0+2y^2+f(y_0)+1. \end{aligned}

Therefore for any t>f(y0)+1t > f(y_0)+1 exists yty_t such that 2yy0+2y2+f(y0)+1=t2yy_0 + 2y^2 + f(y_0) + 1 = t, thus f(y0+yt)+f(yt)=tf(y_0 + y_t) + f(y_t) = t. Taking into account (1), substituting x=y0+ytx = y_0 + y_t and y=yty = y_t in the given equation we obtain:
f(f(y0+yt)+f(yt))=(f(y0+yt)+f(yt))2+1 orf(t)=t2+1(2) \begin{aligned} &f(f(y_0 + y_t) + f(y_t)) = (f(y_0 + y_t) + f(y_t))^2 + 1 \text{ or} \\ &f(t) = t^2 + 1 \end{aligned} \qquad (2)

for any t>f(y0)+1=at > f(y_0)+1 = a.
For any x>ax > a we have that x2+12x>x>ax^2 + 1 \ge 2x > x > a, from the statement of the problem if x>ax > a applying equality (2) several times, we get that
f(x2+1+y)=f(x2+1)+2y(x2+1)f(y)+2y2+1 orf(x2+1+y)=(x2+1+y)2+1=(x2+1)2+1+2y(x2+1)f(y)+2y2+1. \begin{aligned} &f(x^2+1+y) = f(x^2+1)+2y(x^2+1)-f(y)+2y^2+1 \text{ or} \\ &\phantom{f(x^2+1+y) = } (x^2+1+y)^2+1 = (x^2+1)^2+1+2y(x^2+1)-f(y)+2y^2+1. \end{aligned}
After opening all brackets we get that for any positive yy we have equality:
f(y)=x41y22x22x2y2y+x4+2x2+1+2yx2+2y+2y2+1f(y)=y2+1. \begin{aligned} &f(y) = -x^4 -1 -y^2 -2x^2 -2x^2y -2y + x^4 + 2x^2 +1+2yx^2 +2y +2y^2 +1 \Leftrightarrow \\ &f(y) = y^2 +1. \end{aligned}

It is straightforward to check that f(x)=x2+1f(x) = x^2 + 1 satisfies the conditions of the problem.

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