Let be a continuous function with and for all real and .
Find .
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Let us differentiate the above functional equation with respect to x & y, which yields:
f ′ ( x + y ) = f ′ ( x ) + 2 0 1 8 y (i)
f ′ ( x + y ) = f ′ ( y ) + 2 0 1 8 x (ii)
and equating (i) with (ii) produces f ′ ( x ) = 2 0 1 8 x + f ′ ( y ) − 2 0 1 8 y ⇒ f ′ ( x ) = 2 0 1 8 x + A ( A ∈ R ) (iii). Integrating (iii) with respect to x next gives:
f ( x ) = 1 0 0 9 x 2 + A x + B (iv)
We need two initial conditions to solve for (iv), and if we take x = y = 0 into the original functional equation, we obtain:
f ( 0 + 0 ) = f ( 0 ) + f ( 0 ) + 2 0 1 8 ⋅ 0 2 ⇒ f ( 0 ) = 0
Coupling this condition with f ( 1 ) = 1 0 0 9 yields A = B = 0 , which ultimately produces f ( x ) = 1 0 0 9 x 2 . Thus, 2 0 1 8 2 ⋅ f ( 2 0 1 8 1 ) = 2 0 1 8 2 ⋅ 1 0 0 9 ⋅ 2 0 1 8 2 1 = 1 0 0 9 is the final result.