Suppose we are given that a monotonically decreasing smooth function f on (0,∞) obeys the functional equation f(x)=−f(1x), and satisfies f(13)=12 and f(12)=13. Furthermore, limx→0f(x)=1. Is there a way to infer information about the function from these data alone, or even classify all functions satisfying them? I see that a function proportional to logx satisfies the functional equation, but cannot satisfy the special values.
I now found a function satisfying these data: f(x)=1−x1+x.
Answer
The following Mobius function has the desired properties you want:
f(x):=1−x1+x
f(0)=1,f(x)=−f(1x),f(13)=12,f(12)=13
EDIT:
I did not pay attention to the modification of the original question that added the right answer while I was typing my answer to the original question above.
Here I post a general method to deal with such problem by providing a new function g(x) which satisfies the desired the requirements.
Define
g(x):=a(x−x−1)+b(x−x−1)3+c(x−x−1)5ux5+vx−5
Then
g(x)+g(x−1)=0 requires that u=v
limx→0g(x)=−cv=1 requires that v=−c
limx→∞g(x)=cv=−1 requires that v=−c
We can then solve
g(1/3)=12 and g(1/2)=13
for a and b and obtain:
a=2683504c and b=−6142c (c≠0)
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