Problem

Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 2003 #4

Tags: functional equation, algebra



Let ${R^* = R-\{0\}}$ be the set of non-zero real numbers. Find all functions ${f : R^* \rightarrow R^*}$ satisfying ${f(x) + f(y) = f(xy f(x + y))}$, for ${x, y \in R^*}$ and ${ x + y\ne 0 }$.