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Novel FE with multiset condition

Source: 2022 China TST, Test 4 P3

April 30, 2022
functional equationalgebra

Problem Statement

Find all functions f:RRf: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R such that for any x,yRx,y \in \mathbb R, the multiset {(f(xf(y)+1),f(yf(x)1)}\{(f(xf(y)+1),f(yf(x)-1)\} is identical to the multiset {xf(f(y))+1,yf(f(x))1}\{xf(f(y))+1,yf(f(x))-1\}.
Note: The multiset {a,b}\{a,b\} is identical to the multiset {c,d}\{c,d\} if and only if a=c,b=da=c,b=d or a=d,b=ca=d,b=c.