On the stability of cubic mappings and quadratic mappings in random normed spaces (Q1008464)

The following functional equations are considered: \[ f(2x+y)+f(2x-y)=2f(x+y)+2f(x-y)+12f(x) \] called a cubic equation and \[ f(2x+y)+f(2x-y)=4f(x+y)+4f(x-y)+24f(x)-6f(y) \] called in the paper a quadratic equation (but probably authors mean a \textit{quartic} one). The stability of these equations is considered in the setting of random normed spaces (RN-spaces), i.e., suitable triples \((X,\mu,T)\) where \(X\) is a vector space, \(\mu\) is a mapping from \(X\) into the set of probability distribution functions, and \(T: [0,1]\times[0,1]\to[0,1]\) is a continuous \(t\)-norm. The main result for the cubic equation reads as follows. Let \(X\) be a linear space, \((Z,\mu',\min)\) an RN-space and \((Y,\mu,\min)\) a complete RN-space. Let \(\varphi: X\times X\to Z\) be a suitable control mapping. If \(f: X\to Y\) approximately satisfies the cubic equation, which means that \[ \mu_{f(2x+y)+f(2x-y)-2f(x+y)-2f(x-y)-12f(x)}(t)\geq\mu'_{\varphi(x,y)}(t),\qquad x,y\in X,t>0, \] then \(f\) can be approximated by a unique exact cubic mapping \(C: X\to Y\); namely \[ \mu_{f(x)-C(x)}(t)\geq \mu'_{\varphi(x,0)}(2(8-\alpha)t) \] where \(\alpha\in (0,8)\) is some constant. A similar result is established for the quartic equation.