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Problem 605

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Algebra Difficulty 5.0 Find the answer

6. Given $t$ is a real number. Find all functions $f: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ such that
$f(x+t+f(y))=f(f(x))+f(t)+y .$
(2014, Croatian Mathematical Olympiad)

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Official solution

Let $x=y=-t$ , we get $f(t)=t$ .
Let $x=-t, y=t$ , we get $f(f(-t))=-t$ .
Let $f(-t)=a, x=t, y=a$ , we get $a=-t$ .
Finally, let $y=-t$ and $x=-t$ , we get the solution of the function as $f(x)=x$ .

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