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IMO 1972 Problem 5

  • Day 2

ff and gg are real-valued functions defined on the real line. For all xx and y,f(x+y)+f(x−y)=2f(x)g(y)y, f(x+y)+f(x-y)=2f(x)g(y) . ff is not identically zero and ∣f(x)∣≤1|f(x)|\le1 for all xx . Prove that ∣g(x)∣≤1|g(x)|\le1 for all xx .

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Official text: IMO 1972 official English paper, page 1.

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