Functional equation

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joy_li
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Functional equation

Unread post by joy_li » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:45 pm

I tried to solve $f(x-y)=f(x)+f(y)$ and found $f(x) = -cx$
(the process i followed is in the first comment)
but this gives
$-c(x-y) = -cx-cy$
$\Rightarrow -c(x-y) \neq -cx-cy $
someone please help me where did i go wrong :cry:

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nayel
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Re: Functional equation

Unread post by nayel » Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:43 am

joy_li wrote:$\Rightarrow -c(x-y) \neq -cx-cy$
Why? What if $c=0$?
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