Functional equation
Source: ISl 2005, A2, Iran prepration exam
April 24, 2006
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Problem Statement
We denote by \mathbb{R}^\plus{} the set of all positive real numbers.Find all functions f: \mathbb R^ \plus{} \rightarrow\mathbb R^ \plus{} which have the property:
f(x)f(y)\equal{}2f(x\plus{}yf(x))
for all positive real numbers and .Proposed by Nikolai Nikolov, Bulgaria