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Find all f

Source: Baltic Way 1995

October 8, 2011
functionalgebrafunctional equationalgebra proposed

Problem Statement

Find all real-valued functions ff defined on the set of all non-zero real numbers such that:
(i) f(1)=1f(1)=1, (ii) f(1x+y)=f(1x)+f(1y)f\left(\frac{1}{x+y}\right)=f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)+f\left(\frac{1}{y}\right) for all non-zero x,y,x+yx,y,x+y, (iii) (x+y)f(x+y)=xyf(x)f(y)(x+y)\cdot f(x+y)=xy\cdot f(x)\cdot f(y) for all non-zero x,y,x+yx,y,x+y.