On Hyers-Ulam stability for a class of functional equations

Summary In this paper we prove some stability theorems for functional equations of the formg[F(x, y)]=H[g(x), g(y), x, y]. As special cases we obtain well known results for Cauchy and Jensen equations and for functional equations in a single variable. Work supported by M.U.R.S.T. Research funds (60%).     

Stability problem for the composite type functional equations

Composite type functional equations in several variables play a significant role in various branches of mathematics and they have several interesting applications. Therefore their stability properties are of interest. The aim of this paper is to present a survey of some results and methods concerning stability of several of such equations; especially those somehow connected to the well known Go??b–Schinzel equation.     

Periodic solutions for a class of higher-dimension functional differential equations with impulses

By employing a fixed-point theorem in cones, we establish some criteria for existence of positive periodic solutions of a class of n$n$-dimension periodic functional differential equations with impulses. We also give some applications to several biomathematical models and new results are obtained.     

On a functional equation of Luce

Summary In a recent communication to J. Aczél, R. Duncan Luce asked about the functional equationU(x)U(G(x)F(y)) = U(G(x))U(xy) forx, y > 0, (1) which has arisen in his research on certainty equivalents of gambles. He was particularly interested in cases in which the unknowns (U, F andG) are strictly increasing functions from (0, + ) into (0, + ). In this paper we solve (1) in the case whereU, F andG are continuously differentiable with everywhere positive first derivatives. Our solution is perhaps novel in that in certain cases (1) reduces to a functional equation in a single variable and in other cases to a functional equation in several variables; see [1] for the terminology.     

De Rham systems and the solution of a class of functional equations

The main objective of this paper is to solve the functional equation

Further results on stability of normal regions for linear homogeneous functional equations

In this paper we consider the stability of normal regions on the plane, determined by continuous solutions of the linear homogeneous functional inequality in the case where continuous solutions of the corresponding linear functional equation do not depend continuously on initial conditions.     

On trigonometric functional equations of rectangular type

Summary Letf, G₁ × G₂ C, where G _i (i = 1, 2) denote arbitrary groups and C denotes the set of complex numbers. The general solutions of the following functional equationsf(x ₁ y ₁ ,x ₂ y ₂ ) +f(x ₁ y ₁ ,x ₂ y ₂ ^-1 ) +f(x ₁ y ₁ ^-1 ,x ₂ y ₂ ) +f(x ₁ y ₁ ^-1 ,x ₂ y ₂ ^-1 ) =f(x ₁ ,x ₂ )F(y ₁ ,y ₂ ) +F(x ₁ ,x ₂ )f(y ₁ ,y ₂ ) (1) andf(x ₁ y ₁ ,x ₂ y ₂ ) +f(x ₁ y ₁ ,x ₂ y ₂ ^-1 ) +f(x ₁ y ₁ ^-1 ,x ₂ y ₂ ) +f(x ₁ y ₁ ^-1 ,x ₂ y ₂ ^-1 ) =f(x ₁ ,x ₂ )f(y ₁ ,y ₂ ) +F(x ₁ ,x ₂ )F(y ₁ ,y ₂ ) (2) are determined assuming thatf satisfies the conditionf(x ₁y₁z₁, x₂) = f(x₁z₁y₁, x₂), f(x₁, x₂y₂z₂) = f(x₁, x₂z₂y₂) (C) for allx _i, y_i, x_i G_i (i = 1, 2). The functional equations (1) and (2) are generalizations of the well known rectangular type functional equationf(x ₁ + y₁, x₂ + y₂) + f(x₁ + y₁, x₂ – y₂) + f(x₁ – y₁, x₂ + y₂) + f(x₁ – y₁, x₂ – y₂) = 4f(x₁, x₂) studied by J. Aczel, H. Haruki, M. A. McKiernan and G. N. Sakovic in 1968.