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IMO 2011 — Complete Shortlist Question 4

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Question 4

Determine all pairs $(f, g)$ of functions from the set of positive integers to itself that satisfy

$$
f^{g(n)+1}(n)+g^{f(n)}(n)=f(n+1)-g(n+1)+1
$$

for every positive integer $n$. Here, $f^{k}(n)$ means $\underbrace{f(f(\ldots f}_{k}(n) \ldots))$.