Find all functions such that for all ,
South-Afrika, 2011
Solution
Setting , we obtain , and so since .
Now suppose . Then
and so
since all the quantities in the equations are positive and so . So is injective. Moreover, setting , we obtain , and so injectivity implies that .
Now set in the given equation:
and it is a simple matter to check that the solution satisfies the given equation.
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