Is there a function from $ \Bbb R^3 \to \Bbb R^3$ such that $$f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)$$ but not $$f(cx) = cf(x)$$ for some scalar $c$?
Is there one such function even in one dimension? I so, what is it? If not, why?
I came across a function from $\Bbb R^3$ to $\Bbb R^3$ such that $$f(cx) = cf(x)$$ but not $$f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)$$, and I was wondering whether there is one with converse.
Although there is another post titled Overview of the Basic Facts of Cauchy valued functions, I do not understand it. If someone can explain in simplest terms the function that satisfy my question and why, that would be great.
Answer
Take a $\mathbb Q$-linear function $f:\mathbb R\rightarrow \mathbb R$ that is not $\mathbb R$-linear and consider the function $g(x,y,z)=(f(x),f(y),f(z))$.
To see such a function $f$ exists notice that $\{1,\sqrt{2}\}$ is linearly independent over $\mathbb Q$, so there is a $\mathbb Q$-linear function $f$ that sends $1$ to $1$ and $\sqrt{2}$ to $1$. So clearly $f$ is not $\mathbb R$-linear. ( Zorn's lemma is used for this).
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