Find all the functions $f(x),$ continuous on the whole real axis, such that for every real $x$ \[f(3x-2)\leq f(x)\leq f(2x-1).\]
Proposed by A. Golovanov
we can easily show by induction that : $ g(\frac{x}{2^{n}})\leq\ g(x)\leq\ g(\frac{x}{3^{n}}) $ , $ \forall\ (x,n)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{N} $
now for a fixed $x$ take the limit when $n\mapsto\infty$ using the fact that $f$ is continuous we get : $g(x)=g(0)$ , $\forall\ x\in\mathbb{R} $
so: $g$ and then $f$ are constant!
Another problem of this type, which includes this particular one as a special case (for the function $g$) has already been posted here: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=379114&hilit=3x