On the stability of mixed trigonometric functional equations (Q2461435)

Let \((G,+)\) be a group. The paper deals with the (super)stability of the following trigonometric functional equations with unknown mappings \(f,g:G\to \mathbf{C}\): \[ f(x+y)-f(x-y)=2f(x)f(y), \] \[ f(x+y)-f(x-y)=2f(x)g(y), \] \[ f(x+y)-f(x-y)=2g(x)f(y), \] \[ f(x+y)-f(x-y)=2g(x)g(y). \] To give a sample result from the paper, let \(f,g:G\to \mathbf{C}\) satisfy (with \(\varepsilon\geq 0\)) the inequality: \[ | f(x+y)-f(x-y)-2g(x)f(y)| \leq \varepsilon,\qquad x,y\in G. \] Then either \(f\) is bounded or \(g\) satisfies the cosine functional equation: \[ g(x+y)+g(x-y)=2g(x)g(y),\qquad x,y\in G. \] Moreover, either \(g\) is bounded or it satisfies the cosine equation and \(f,g\) satisfy the equations \[ f(x+y)-f(x-y)=2g(x)f(y)\quad\text{and}\quad f(x+y)+f(x-y)=2f(x)g(y). \] Some results are also proved in Banach spaces and algebras.