IMC 2007 · Problem 1

Day 214th IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

Let f:RRf : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} be a continuous function. Suppose that for any c>0c > 0, the graph of ff can be moved to the graph of cfcf using only a translation or a rotation. Does this imply that f(x)=ax+bf(x) = ax + b for some real numbers aa and bb?

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