Optimality estimations for approximately midconvex functions

Let V be a convex subset of a normed space and let a nondecreasing function α : [0, ∞) → [0, ∞) be given. A function ${f : V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}$ is called α-midconvex if $$f\left(\frac{x+y}{2} \right)\leq \frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}+\alpha(\|x-y\|) \quad \,{\rm for}\, x,y\in V.$$ It is known (Tabor in Control Cybern., 38/3:656–669, 2009) that if ${f : V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}$ is α-midconvex, locally bounded above at every point of V then $$f(tx+(1-t)y)\leq tf(x)+(1-t)f(y)+P_\alpha(\|x-y\|) \quad \,{\rm for}\, x, y \in V,t \in [0,1],$$ where ${P_\alpha(r):=\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{1}{2^k} \alpha(2{\rm dist}(2^kr, \mathbb{Z}))}$ for ${r \in \mathbb{R}}$ . We show that under some additional assumptions the above estimation cannot be improved.     

On a functional equation related to competition

The functional equation $$f \left(\frac{x + y}{1 - xy}\right) = \frac{f\left(x\right) + f\left(y\right)} {1 + f\left(x\right) f\left(y\right)}, \quad xy < 1,$$ (introduced by the first author in a competition model) is considered. The main result says that a function \({f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}\) satisfies this equation if, and only if, \({f = {\rm tanh} \circ \, \alpha \circ {\rm tan}^{-1}}\) , where \({\alpha : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}\) is an additive function.     

The equivalence of two functional equations involving the arithmetic mean, the geometric mean and their Gauss composition

In this paper, the equivalence of the two functional equations $$f\left(\frac{x+y}{2} \right)+f\left(\sqrt{xy} \right)=f(x)+f(y)$$ and $$2f\left(\mathcal{G}(x,y)\right)=f(x)+f(y)$$ will be proved by showing that the solutions of either of these equations are constant functions. Here I is a nonvoid open interval of the positive real half-line and ${\mathcal{G}}$ is the Gauss composition of the arithmetic and geometric means.     

On the measurable solutions of a functional equation

The measurable solutions ${f:\mathbb{R}^{3}\setminus\{0\}\to\mathbb{C}\setminus\{0\}\, {\rm and}\, (t,s)\mapsto G(t,s)\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\{0\},\, s\in\mathbb{R}^{3},\, t>|s| >0 }$ of the functional equation $$f(x)f(y)=G\left(|x|+|y|,x+y\right),\quad x,y\in\mathbb{R}^{3}, x\times y\neq 0$$ are considered and it is proved that they are continuous.     

Strong Regularizing Effect of a Gradient Term in the Heat Equation with a Weight

We deal with the following parabolic problem, $$(P)\left\{\begin{array}{lll} u_t - \Delta{u} + |\nabla{u}|^q \quad=\quad \lambda{g}(x)u + f(x, t),\quad u > 0 \; {\rm in} \; \Omega \; \times \; (0, T),\\ \qquad\quad\quad\; u(x, t) \quad=\quad 0 \quad{\rm on}\; {\partial}{\Omega}\; \times ; (0, T),\\ \qquad\quad\quad\; u(x, 0) \quad=\quad u_{0}(x), \quad x \in {\Omega},\end{array}\right.$$ where is a bounded regular domain or ${\Omega = \mathbb{R}^N}$ , ${1 < q \leq 2, \lambda > 0\; {\rm and}\; f \geq 0, u_{0} \geq 0}$ are in a suitable class of functions. We give assumptions on g with respect to q for which for all λ >  0 and all ${f \in L^1(\Omega_T ), f \geq 0}$ , problem (P) has a positive solution. Under some additional conditions on the data, the Cauchy problem and the asymptotic behavior of the solution are also considered.     

On solutions of Aczél’s equation and some related equations

Let X be a real linear space and ${M: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}}$ be continuous and multiplicative. We determine the solutions ${f: X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}$ of the functional equation $$f(x+M(f(x))y) f(x) f(y) [f(x+M(f(x))y) - f(x)f(y)] = 0$$ that are continuous on rays. In this way we generalize our previous results concerning the continuous solutions of this equation. As a consequence we also obtain some results concerning solutions of a functional equation introduced by J. Aczél.     

Additivity and exponentiality are alien to each other

Let (S, +) be a (semi)group and let (R,+, ·) be an integral domain. We study the solutions of a Pexider type functional equation $$f(x+y) + g(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) + g(x)g(y)$$ for functions f and g mapping S into R. Our chief concern is to examine whether or not this functional equation is equivalent to the system of two Cauchy equations $$\left\{\begin{array}{@{}ll} f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y)\\ g(x+y) = g(x)g(y)\end{array}\right.$$ for every ${x,y \in S}$ .     

Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Solutions to a Quasilinear Elliptic Equation with Strong Allee Effect Growth Rate

In this paper we consider a p-Laplacian equation with strong Allee effect growth rate and Dirichlet boundary condition $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} {\rm div} (|\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u) + \lambda f(x,u)=0, &\quad x \in \Omega, \\ u=0, &\quad x \in \partial \Omega, \qquad \qquad ^ {(P_\lambda)} \end{array}\right.$$ where Ω is a bounded smooth domain in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ for ${N \ge 1, p > 1}$ , and λ is a positive parameter. By using variational methods and a suitable truncation technique, we prove that problem (P _λ) has at least two positive solutions for large parameter and it has no positive solutions for small parameter. In addition, a nonexistence result is investigated.     

A generalized ring homomorphisms equation

We deal with the functional equation $$af(xy) + bf(x)f(y) + cf(x+y) + df(x) + kf(y) = 0\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad(\ast)$$ yielding a joint generalization of equations that has been studied by Dhombres (Aequationes Math 35:186–212, 1988), H. Alzer (private communication) and Ger (Publ Math Debrecen 52:397–417, 1998; Rocznik Nauk-Dydakt Prace Mat 17:101–115, 2000). We are looking for solutions f of equation ${(\ast)}$ mapping a given unitary ring into an integral domain. We continue Dhombres’ studies with the emphasis given upon the dropping of the 2-divisibility assumption in the domain. Among others, our aim is to find suitable conditions under which a function f satisfying ${(\ast)}$ yields a homomorphism between the rings in question.     

Comparison of two regulatory results on functional equations with few parameters

Two methods to prove regularity properties of the linear functional equation $$f(x)=h_0(x,y)+\sum_{j=1}^n h_j(x,y)f(x+g_j(y)), $$ where ${(x,y) \in D \subset \mathbb{R}^r \times \mathbb{R}^s}$ , ${x \in \mathbb{R}^r}$ and ${y \in \mathbb{R}^s}$ , with few parameters i.e. allowing 1 ?? s < r are examined. It is proved that??under certain conditions, for some class of equations and in some sense??they are equivalent.     

On a functional equation of Bruce Ebanks

In the paper Brillouët-Belluot and Ebanks (Aequationes Math 60:233–242, 2000), the authors found all continuous functions f: [0, 1] → [0, + ∞) which verify f(0) = f(1) = 0 and the functional equation $$f(xy +c f(x) f(y)) = x f(y) + y f(x) +d \, f(x) f(y)$$ where c and d are given real numbers with c ≠ 0. In the present paper we obtain all continuous solutions ${f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}$ of the functional equation (1).     

The generalized cubic functional equation and the stability of cubic Jordan *-derivations

In the current work, we obtain the general solution of the following generalized cubic functional equation $$\begin{aligned}&f(x+my)+f(x-my)\\&\quad =2\left( 2\cos \left( \frac{m\pi }{2}\right) +m^2-1\right) f(x)-\frac{1}{2}\left( \cos \left( \frac{m\pi }{2}\right) +m^2-1\right) f(2x)\\&\qquad +m^2\{f(x+y)+f(x-y)\} \end{aligned}$$ for an integer $m \ge 1$ . We prove the Hyers–Ulam stability and the superstability for this cubic functional equation by the directed method and a fixed point approach. We also employ the mentioned functional equation to establish the stability of cubic Jordan $*$ -derivations on $C^*$ -algebras and $JC^*$ -algebras.     

On The Generalized Cocycle Equation of Ebanks and Ng

I show that in order to solve the functional equation $$F_{1}(x+y,z)+F_{2}(y+z,x)F_{3}(z+x,\ y)+F_{4}(x,y)+F_{5}(y,z)+F_{6}(z,x)=0$$ for six unknown functions (x,y,z are elements of an abelian monoid, and the codomain of each F _j is the same divisible abelian group) it is necessary and sufficient to solve each of the following equations in a single unknown function $$\matrix{\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad G(x+y,\ z)- G(x,z)- G(y,z)=G(y+z,x)- G(y,x)- G(z,x)\cr \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad H(x+y,\ z)- H(x,z)- H(y,x)+H(y+z,\ x)- H(y,x)- H(z,x)\cr +H(z+x,\ y)- H(z,y)- H(x,y)=0.}$$      

On Some Quasilinear Elliptic Systems with Singular and Sign-Changing Potentials

Using variational methods, we study the existence and nonexistence of nontrivial weak solutions for the quasilinear elliptic system $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}- {\rm div}(h_1(|\nabla u|^2)\nabla u) = \frac{\mu}{|x|^2}u + \lambda F_u(x, u, \upsilon)\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega,\\- {\rm div}(h_2(|\nabla \upsilon|^2)\nabla \upsilon) = \frac{\mu}{|x|^2}\upsilon + \lambda F_\upsilon(x,u,\upsilon)\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega,\\u = \upsilon = 0 \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad {\rm in}\, \partial\Omega, \end{array}\right.$$ where \({\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N,N \geq 3}\) , is a bounded domain containing the origin with smooth boundary \({\partial \Omega ; h_i, i = 1, 2}\) , are nonhomogeneous potentials; \({(F_u, F_v) = \nabla F}\) stands for the gradient of a sign-changing C ¹-function \({F : \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}}\) in the variable \({{w = (u, v) \in \mathbb{R}^2}}\) ; and λ and μ are parameters.     

Sign-definiteness of q-eigenfunctions for a super-linear p-Laplacian eigenvalue problem

We consider the following q-eigenvalue problem for the p-Laplacian $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-{\rm div}\big( |\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\big) = \lambda \|u\|_{L^{q}(\Omega)}^{p-q}|u|^{q-2}u \quad \quad\, {\rm in} \,\,\,\, \Omega\\ \quad\quad\quad \quad \quad \quad u = 0 \quad\qquad\qquad \quad\quad \,\,{\rm on } \,\,\,\, \partial\Omega,\end{array}\right.$$ where \({\lambda\in\mathbb{R},}\) p > 1, Ω is a bounded and smooth domain of \({\mathbb{R}^{N},}\) N > 1, \({1\leq q < p^{\star}}\) , \({p^{\star}=\frac{Np}{N-p}}\) if p < N and \({p^{\star}=\infty}\) if \({p\geq N.}\) Let λ _q denote the first q-eigenvalue. We prove that in the super-linear case, \({p < q < p^{\star},}\) there exists \({\epsilon_{q}>0}\) such that if \({\lambda\in(\lambda_{q},\lambda _{q}+\epsilon_{q})}\) is a q-eigenvalue, then any corresponding q-eigenfunction does not change sign in Ω. As a consequence of this result we obtain, in the super-linear case, the isolatedness of λ _q for those Ω such that the Lane–Emden problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-{\rm div}\big(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\big) = |u|^{q-2}u \qquad\quad\quad\quad \,\,{\rm in}\,\,\,\Omega\\ \quad\quad\quad \quad \quad \quad u = 0 \quad\qquad\qquad \quad\quad \,{\rm on } \,\,\, \partial\Omega,\end{array}\right.$$ has exactly one positive solution.     

Multiple solutions for a class of Kirchhoff type problems with concave nonlinearity

In the present paper, by applying variant mountain pass theorem and Ekeland variational principle we study the existence of multiple nontrivial solutions for a class of Kirchhoff type problems with concave nonlinearity $$ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -(a + b \int\nolimits_{\Omega} |\nabla{u}|^{2})\triangle{u} = \alpha(x)|u|^{q-2}u + f(x, u),\quad{\rm in}\;\Omega,\\ u = 0,\;\quad\qquad\quad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad{\rm on}\;\partial\Omega, \end{array} \right. $$ A new existence theorem and an interesting corollary of four nontrivial solutions are obtained.     

A Variational Approach to a Kirchhoff-type Problem Involving Two Parameters

In this paper, the authors establish the existence of at least three weak solutions for the Kirchhoff-type problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-K \left( \int_{\Omega}| \nabla u(x)|^{2}dx \right) \Delta u(x)= \lambda f(x,u)+\mu g(x,u),\quad {\rm in}\; \Omega,\\u=0, \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\quad\quad {\rm on}\; \partial \Omega, \end{array} \right.$$ under appropriate hypotheses. The proofs are based on variational methods.     

On the stability of Hosszú’s functional equation

Two stability results are proved. The first one states that Hosszú’s functional equation $$f(x+y-xy)+f(xy)=f(x)-f(y)=0\ \ \ \ \ (x,y \in \rm R)$$ is stable. The second is a local stability theorem for additive functions in a Banach space setting.     

A convexity property and a new characterization of Euler’s gamma function

Our main results are:

1. Let α ≠ 0 be a real number. The function (Γ ? exp) ^α is convex on ${\mathbf{R}}$ if and only if $$\alpha \geq \max_{0<{t}<{x_0}}\Big(-\frac{1}{t\psi(t)} - \frac{\psi'(t)}{\psi(t)^2}\Big) = 0.0258... .$$ Here, x ₀ = 1.4616... denotes the only positive zero of ${\psi = \Gamma'/\Gamma}$ .

1. Assume that a function f: (0, ∞) → (0, ∞) is bounded from above on a set of positive Lebesgue measure (or on a set of the second category with the Baire property) and satisfies $$f(x+1) = x f(x) \quad{\rm for}\quad{x > 0}\quad{\rm and}\quad{f(1) = 1}.$$

If there are a number b and a sequence of positive real numbers (a _n ) ${(n \in \mathbf{N})}$ with ${{\rm lim}_{n\to\infty} a_n =0}$ such that for every n the function ${(f \circ {\rm exp})^{a_n}}$ is Jensen convex on (b, ∞), then f is the gamma function.