ORTHOGONAL STABILITY OF THE CAUCHY EQUATION ON BALLS (Q4521160)

Let \(X\) be a finite dimensional inner product space, \(B_r:=\{x\in X:\|x\|< r\}\), and \(Y\) be a real sequentially complete linear topological space. A function \(f:B_r\to Y\) is called orthogonally additive if for all \(x,y\in B_r\) with \(x+y\in B_r\) and \(x\perp y\), we have \(f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)\). It follows from results of \textit{J.~Rätz} [Aequationes Math. 28, 35-49 (1985; Zbl 0569.39006)] that every orthogonally additive mapping is of the form \(f(x)=a(x)+b(\|x\|^2)\) on \(B_r\) with additive mappings \(a:X\to Y\) and \(b:{\mathbb R}_0^+\to Y\). In the present paper, the author investigates stability of this conditional Cauchy equation. Let \(V\subseteq Y\) be nonempty, bounded, convex and symmetric with respect to zero. The main result is: If a function \(f:B_r\to Y\) satisfies \[ (x,y,x+y\in B_r,\;x\perp y) \text{ implies } f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)\in V \] then there exist a constant \(k\) and additive mappings \(a,b\) as above such that \[ a(x)+b(\|x\|^2) - f(x) \in k \text{seq cl} V \text{ for all } x\in B_r. \] The author also gives applications of this result to orthogonal stability of the Jensen equation, the Pexider equation and the exponential equation.