Approximation of mixed-type functional equations in Menger PN-spaces (Q417138)

Summary: Let \(X\) and \(Y\) be vector spaces. We show that a function \(f : X \rightarrow Y\) with \(f(0) = 0\) satisfies \(\Delta f(x_1, \dots, x_n) = 0\) for all \(x_1, \dots, x_n \in X\), if and only if there exist functions \(C : X \times X \times X \rightarrow Y, B : X \times X \rightarrow Y\) and \(A : X \rightarrow Y\) such that \(f(x) = C(x, x, x) + B(x, x) + A(x)\) for all \(x \in X\), where the function \(C\) is symmetric for each fixed one variable and is additive for fixed two variables, \(B\) is symmetric bi-additive, \(A\) is additive and \(\Delta f(x_1, \dots, x_n) = \sum^n_{k=2} (\sum^k_{i_1=2} \sum^{k+1}_{i_2=i_1+1} \cdots \sum^n_{i_{n-k+1}=i_{n-k}+1}) f(\sum^n_{i=1, i\neq i_1, \dots, i_{n-k+1}} x_i - \sum^{n-k+1}_{r=1} x_{i_r}) + f(\sum^n_{i=1} x_i) - 2^{n-2} \sum^n_{i=2} (f(x_1 + x_i) + f(x_1 - x_i)) + 2^{n-1} (n - 2) f(x_1) (n \in \mathbb N, n \geq 3)\) for all \(x_1, \dots, x_n \in X\). Furthermore, we solve the stability problem for a given function \(f\) satisfying \(\Delta f(x_1, \dots, x_n) = 0\), in the Menger probabilistic normed (PN) spaces.