Find a function satisfying for all . ( is the set of nonnegative real numbers.)
Hong Kong competition problems, 2012
Solution
A possible function is for any and for any where .
It suffices to check the above function satisfies the conditions. It is clear that for any . If , then . Therefore, we have
If where , then . Therefore, we have
This completes the proof.
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