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Belarus algebra
Problem
Does there exist a function , , such that for all real . (Here stands for the fractional part of .)
Solution
Assume that there exists a function satisfying the problem condition: for all real . Replacing by in the first equality, we obtain Since , from the obtained equality it follows that . So . Replacing by , we have . Since and , we see that the left-hand side of the last equality is negative, whereas the right-hand side is nonnegative, a contradiction.
Final answer
No
Techniques
Functional EquationsExistential quantifiers