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Problem
Find all functions that satisfy , and for all real numbers .
Solution
Given and , we get which implies Substituting into the original equation, for all Substituting into (1), we have which is equivalent to On the other hand, for then , it follows that for all . Hence .
Replacing , into (1), we get which is equivalent to or Combining with , we get for all real numbers . With , we get and Hence, we can get with the given conditions and Thus, for all real numbers .
Replacing , into (1), we get which is equivalent to or Combining with , we get for all real numbers . With , we get and Hence, we can get with the given conditions and Thus, for all real numbers .
Final answer
f(x) = 2013x for all real x
Techniques
Functional Equations