Question 45
For fixed positive integers $a$ and $b$, find all strictly increasing functions $f$ from positive integers to positive integers such that, for any positive integer $n \gt a$,
$$ f(f(n - a) + n) = n + b. $$
$$ f(f(n - a) + n) = n + b. $$
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