The functional equation \(f(x) f(y) f(z)= f(x)+ f(y)+ f(z)\) (Q1884758)

Motivated by a classical property of triangles the author shows the following result. Let \(f\) be a function from \((0, \pi/2)\) into \((0, + \infty) \) such that, for all \(x,y, z\) in \(I\) with \(x+y+z = \pi\), \(f\) satisfies the equation \(f(x) f(y) f (z) = f(x) + f(y) + f(z)\). Then the general solution is given by \( f(t) = \text{tan} [kt + (1-k ) \pi /3]\) where \(k\) is an arbitrary constant in \([-1/2 , 1]\). Some consequences are derived for related classes of functional equations.