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Algebra Difficulty 5.4 AIME, harder Prove it Iran

Are there bijective functions f,g:NNf, g : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N} such that
g(n)=f(1)+f(2)++f(n)n g(n) = \frac{f(1) + f(2) + \dots + f(n)}{n}

Solution

The answer is no. We shall prove by induction that f(n)=2n1f(n) = 2n - 1 and g(n)=ng(n) = n.

Notice that f(i)1f(i) \ge 1 for each ii. Then, if 1=g(N)=1N(f(1)++f(N))1 = g(N) = \frac{1}{N}(f(1) + \cdots + f(N)), it follows that f(1)==f(N)=1f(1) = \cdots = f(N) = 1.

Now, we prove through induction on nn. Assume that the statement holds for positive integers up to nn. Since gg is surjective, assume that there is mn+1m \ge n + 1 such that g(m)=n+1g(m) = n + 1. Thus, at least one of the numbers g(n+1),,g(m)g(n + 1), \ldots, g(m) would be greater than or equal to mm. Let there is some k{n+1,,m}k \in \{n + 1, \ldots, m\} such that g(k)=mg(k) = m therefore,
g(m)=f(1)++f(m)mf(1)++f(k)m=kg(k)mkn+1 g(m) = \frac{f(1) + \cdots + f(m)}{m} \ge \frac{f(1) + \cdots + f(k)}{m} = \frac{k \cdot g(k)}{m} \ge k \ge n+1
The equality case occurs and k=m=n+1k = m = n + 1. Yielding g(n+1)=n+1g(n + 1) = n + 1 and f(n+1)=2n1f(n + 1) = 2n - 1, as desired. ■

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