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China Mathematical Olympiad 1991 problem2

Source: China Mathematical Olympiad 1991 problem2

October 8, 2013
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Problem Statement

Given I=[0,1]I=[0,1] and G={(x,y)x,yI}G=\{(x,y)|x,y \in I\}, find all functions f:GIf:G\rightarrow I, such that x,y,zI\forall x,y,z \in I we have: i. f(f(x,y),z)=f(x,f(y,z))f(f(x,y),z)=f(x,f(y,z)); ii. f(x,1)=x,f(1,y)=yf(x,1)=x, f(1,y)=y; iii. f(zx,zy)=zkf(x,y)f(zx,zy)=z^kf(x,y). (kk is a positive real number irrelevant to x,y,zx,y,z.)