Solution and stability of a general mixed type cubic and quartic functional equation (Q2443741)

Summary: We consider the following mixed type cubic and quartic functional equation \(\lambda[f(x+\lambda y)+f(x-\lambda y)]=\lambda^3[f(x+y)+f(x-y)]-2\lambda^3(\lambda +1)f(y)-2\lambda(\lambda^2 -1)f(x)+2(\lambda +1)f(\lambda y)\) where \(\lambda\) is a fixed integer. We establish the general solution of the functional equation when the integer \(\lambda \neq 0, \pm 1\), and then, by using the fixed point alternative, we investigate the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability for this functional equation when the integer \(\lambda \geq 2\).