Problem

Source: 2023 Dutch BxMO TST, Problem 2

Tags: Functional Equations, Functional inequality, algebra



Find all functions $f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ for which \[f(a - b) f(c - d) + f(a - d) f(b - c) \leq (a - c) f(b - d),\]for all real numbers $a, b, c$ and $d$. Note that there is only one occurrence of $f$ on the right hand side!