IMO Shortlist 1968 problem 25
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arhiva2. travnja 2012. Let
be a real-valued function defined for all real numbers, such that for some
we have
for all
.
Prove that
is periodic, and give an example of such a non-constant
for
.
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Let $f$ be a real-valued function defined for all real numbers, such that for some $a>0$ we have $$f(x+a)={1\over2}+\sqrt{f(x)-f(x)^2}$$ for all $x$.
Prove that $f$ is periodic, and give an example of such a non-constant $f$ for $a=1$.
Izvor: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 1968