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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 xx and yy.
Proposed by Nikolai Nikolov, Bulgaria