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Putnam 2001 B5

  • Session B

Let aa and bb be real numbers in the interval (0,1/2)(0,1/2), and let gg be a continuous real-valued function such that g(g(x))=ag(x)+bxg(g(x))= ag(x)+bx for all real xx. Prove that g(x)=cxg(x)=cx for some constant cc.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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