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Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad

Mongolia algebra

Problem

Let denote the set of positive real numbers. Find all pairs of functions satisfying and such that the sequence takes finitely many different values for all .
Solution
Answer: and . The pair above is a solution. In order to prove that there is no other solution, fix and denote and for . We have . Since , we have . This can be rewritten as Then and more generally for any by induction. There is with by assumption. Then we have Since , we must have . It follows that and .
Final answer
f(x) = x + 1, g(x) = 1/x

Techniques

Functional EquationsRecurrence relations