Problem:
Find all real functions from satisfying the relation
Solution
Solution:
Put and we get . If , then takes all real values when varies over real line. We get . Suppose . Taking , we get for all real .
Suppose there exists in such that . Putting in the given relation we get
for all . Now the left side is a constant and hence it follows that is a constant function. But the only constant function which satisfies the equation is identically zero function, which is already obtained. Hence we may consider the case where for all .
Since , we conclude that for all . This implies that for all . Since , we conclude that for all .
Thus we have two functions: and for all .
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