A functional equation from the IMO shortlist! @MuPrimeMath

Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Equations are a lot harder when we start throwing functions into them! This problem comes from the 2018 shortlist for the International Math Olympiad.

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