The stability of the generalized form for the gamma functional equation (Q2706484)

The authors consider the functional equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINE f(x+p)=\varphi(x)f(x), \qquad x \in (0, \infty), \tag \(*\) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(f:(0,\infty) \to \mathbb R\) and \(p\) is a fixed natural number. They prove the following stability theorem. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINETheorem: Let \(g:(0,\infty) \to \mathbb R\) satisfy the inequality NEWLINE\[NEWLINE |g(x+p)-\varphi(x)g(x)|\leq \phi(x), \quad x>0, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(\varphi, \phi:(0,\infty) \to (0,\infty)\) are mappings such that NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \Phi(x)=\sum_{j=0}^{\infty} \phi(x+jp) \prod_{i=0}^j \frac{1}{\varphi(x+ip)}<\infty, \quad x>0. NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Then there exists a unique function \(f:(0,\infty) \to \mathbb R\), solution of (*), with NEWLINE\[NEWLINE |g(x)-f(x)|\leq \Phi(x), \qquad x>0 .NEWLINE\]