On the superstability of the functional equation \(f(x^ y)=yf(x)\) (Q1378262): Difference between revisions

The author studies the stability in the sense of Hyers-Ulam of the functional equation (satisfied by the logarithmic function \(\ln x\)) \[ f(x^y)=yf(x),\;x>0,\;y\in\mathbb{R}.\tag{*} \] After having determined all differentiable solutions of (*) he proves that it is superstable, i.e., if \(f:(0,+\infty)\to\mathbb{R}\) satisfies the inequality \(|f(x^y)-yf(x)|\leq\delta\) for some \(\delta\geq 0\) and all \(x>0\) and \(y\in\mathbb{R}\), then either \(f\) is identically zero or it satisfies equation (*). Other results concerning stability in restricted domains are proved.