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Turkey TST 2009 Functional Equation

Source: Turkey TST 2009, Problem 1

April 5, 2009
functionalgorithmnumber theoryEuclidean algorithmcontinued fractionalgebrafunctional equation

Problem Statement

Find all f: Q^ \plus{} \to\ Z functions that satisfy f \left(\frac {1}{x} \right) \equal{} f(x) and (x \plus{} 1)f(x \minus{} 1) \equal{} xf(x) for all rational numbers that are bigger than 1.