Monday, 26 February 2018

The functional equation and differentiability




Find all functions f:RR, at the same time satisfying the following two conditions:



a) f(x+yf(x))=f(x)f(y)




b) the function f can be represented in the form f(x)=(φ(x))2,xR, where the function f has a finite derivative at x=0. (not infinite)




I have no clue how to start. Any kind of help will be appreciated.


Answer



Here is a possible approach.



Plug in y=0 to get
f(x)=f(x)f(0),
so either f(x)0 or f(0)=1.



Now note that
f(x+yf(x))=f(y+xf(y))
and assuming f is 1-to-1, we have
x+yf(x)=y+xf(y)x(1f(y))=y(1f(x))x1f(x)=y1f(y)
for arbitrary x,y, and that means both LHS and RHS and constant, say c.Then you have
c=x1f(x)f(x)=1x/c




UPDATE
If f is not 1-1, f(x)1 is a solution, but not sure if there are others...


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