Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Exactly two functions


Show that there exist exactly two functions f:QQ with the property

f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y) and f(x·y)=f(x)·f(y)
for all x,yQ.




I am unsure how to prove that there are no more than two functions that meet the requirements. I can come up with an example f(x)=x which obviously satisfy the constraints but I can't see a way to prove that there are only two functions.

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