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Question 3.27

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leumasicOfficial

3 months ago

a) Yes, any function gg of the form g(x)=x+cg(x)=x+c where cc is any real number. This is because addition is commutative, so that

f(g(x))=f(x+c)=(x+c)+1=(x+1)+c=g(x+1)=g(f(x)).\begin{align*} f(g(x))&=f(x+c) \\ &=(x+c)+1 \\ &=(x+1)+c \\ &=g(x+1) \\ &=g(f(x)). \end{align*}

b) Suppose ff is a constant function defined as f(x)=cf(x)=c. Then we have that f(g(x))=cf(g(x))=c, which means that g(c)=cg(c)=c. Hence, gg is either the same constant function as ff or is the identity function.

c) Consider the set of functions G={g(x)=c:cR}G=\{g(x)=c:c\in\mathbb{R}\}. Then, for all gGg\in G, we have that

f(g(x))=f(c)=c=g(f(x)),f(g(x))=f(c)=c=g(f(x)),

which implies that f(x)=xf(x)=x for all xx.

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