Friday, 1 January 2016

real analysis - Differentiability of f(x+y)=f(x)f(y)

Let f: R R be a function such that f(x+y) = f(x)f(y) for all x,y R. Suppose that f(0) exists. Prove that f is a differentiable function.




This is what I've tried:
Using the definition of differentiability and taking arbitrary x0 R.



lim {f(x_0 + h)-f(x_0)\over h} = \cdots = f(x_0)\lim_{h\to 0} {f(h) - 1\over h}.



Then since x_0 arbitrary, using f(x_0+0) = f(x_0) = f(x_0)f(0) for y = 0, can I finish the proof?

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