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BALTIC-WAY 1992 Problem 11

    Let Q+\mathbb{Q}^{+}denote the set of positive rational numbers. Show that there exists one and only one function f:Q+→Q+f: \mathbb{Q}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{Q}^{+}satisfying the following conditions:

    (i) If 0<q<120<q<\frac{1}{2} then f(q)=1+f(q1−2q)f(q)=1+f\left(\frac{q}{1-2 q}\right).

    (ii) If 1<q≤21<q \leq 2 then f(q)=1+f(q−1)f(q)=1+f(q-1).

    (iii) f(q)⋅f(1q)=1f(q) \cdot f\left(\frac{1}{q}\right)=1 for all q∈Q+q \in \mathbb{Q}^{+}.

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