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2014-03 Subadditive function

Let f:[0,)R be a function satisfying the following conditions:

(1) For any x,y0, f(x+y)f(x)+f(y).

(2) For any x[0,2], f(x)x2x.

Prove that, for any positive integer M and positive reals n1,n2,,nM with n1+n2++nM=M, we have

f(n1)+f(n2)++f(nM)0.

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