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BALTIC-WAY 2016 Problem 8

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Find all real numbers a for which there exists a non-constant function f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} satisfying the following two equations for all x∈Rx \in \mathbb{R} : i) f(ax)=a2f(x)f(a x)=a^{2} f(x) and

ii) f(f(x))=af(x)f(f(x))=a f(x).

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a=0 \text{ or } a=1

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