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It have been 1 year since I joined this forum!
(And CaptainBlank 1 year and 3 days).

Funny, a half a year ago I was thinking whether or not I will reach 2,000 posts by the end of the year and my conclusion was No, but close to it. Apparently, I have never been more wrong (I guess I divided by zero somewhere).

Anybody interested what my first two questions were?
My first question I think is really interesting:
Does there exists non-trivial solutions to,
f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y), \forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}.
In this case trivial are linear functions, f(x)=ax.
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It have been 1 year since I joined this forum!
(And CaptainBlank 1 year and 3 days).

Funny, a half a year ago I was thinking whether or not I will reach 2,000 posts by the end of the year and my conclusion was No, but close to it. Apparently, I have never been more wrong (I guess I divided by zero somewhere).

Anybody interested what my first two questions were?
My first question I think is really interesting:
Does there exists non-trivial solutions to,
f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y), \forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}.
In this case trivial are linear functions, f(x)=ax.
My first post appears to have been (at least it is the oldest I can find):


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Does anybody have a logical explanation for this. I think it's quite a unique phenomenon.
If you take a number out of R and take its power, it will be a number in R again and not Q.
How about (-1/2)^(-1/2)?

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My first post was answering a forum description question. "Are their infinitely many prime numbers?"
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My first was when I asked if my equation for finding the area of regular polygons was correct, actually I just wanted to see if it had been done before

And I thought that I wouldn't reach 500 posts by Christmas
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I still think my question was cooler than yours. In fact, I think that all my questions are the coolest questions on this forum. (I really need a leason in humility).
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I still think my question was cooler than yours. In fact, I think that all my questions are the coolest questions on this forum. (I really need a leason in humility).
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