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Function about LCM

Source: 2024 Japan MO P2

February 11, 2024
number theoryfunctional equationleast common multipleinduction

Problem Statement

Find all functions f:Z>0Z>0f:\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}_{>0} such that lcm(m,f(m+f(n)))=lcm(f(m),f(m)+n)\text{lcm}(m, f(m+f(n)))=\text{lcm}(f(m), f(m)+n) for any positive integers mm and nn.