Non-existence of measurable solutions of certain functional equations via probabilistic approaches (Q2042959)

Let \(B\subset\mathbb{R}\) be a Borel set and \(h\colon B^2\to\mathbb{R}\) a given Borel measurable function. The paper is devoted to the functional equation \[ f(x)+g(y)=h(x,y),\qquad x,y\in B \] with unknown functions \(f,g\colon B\to\mathbb{R}\). For \(h\) of a special form (related to characterization of distributions). It is proved that the considered equation does not admit measurable solutions. As a corollary, the author shows that the zero mapping is the only measurable solution \(f\colon \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) of the \textit{arctan equation} \[ f(x)+f(y)=f\left(\frac{x+y}{1-xy}\right),\qquad xy\neq 1. \]