All solutions of $f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=\sqrt{x}f(x)$

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A solution of the functional equation $$f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=\sqrt{x}f(x),\quad x\gt 0$$ is $$f(x)=\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty e^{-n^2\pi x}.$$ Another solution should be a certain quadratic function, though I encountered this problem a long time ago and forgot that function (together with the approach).

So there is one or (maybe) two or more solutions of the above functional equation. But how can I prove, given a set of solutions, that these are all the solutions of the equation?

By the way, does anyone know that quadratic function (if it exists at all)?

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These are not all solutions to the equation. We can simply define

$$f(x)=\begin{cases}g(x),&x\ge1\\g(1/x)/\sqrt x,&x<1\end{cases}$$

for any function $g$.