Let be the set of all integers. Determine all functions such that
holds for all .
Let the set of all integers be denoted by . Find all functions satisfying:
for all integers .
Let be the set of all integers. Determine all functions such that
holds for all .
Let the set of all integers be denoted by . Find all functions satisfying:
for all integers .
There are two solutions: and .
The functional equation is
1. Take and into (1), we learn that satisfies .
2. Set into (1), we have
3. Therefore, (1) becomes
4. Now we show that is linear. By applying (3) with and then (2), we obtain
Since (3) shows , we have
where is some constant. Standard induction shows that
where .
5. Back to (2), we have
Take and , we have and . The second equation leads to or . If , we have , so . If , would be a constant, and (1) shows that .