The generalized cubic functional equation and the stability of cubic Jordan \(\ast\)-derivations (Q467132)

Several definitions of ``cubic functional equations'' have been already given. Here, the authors introduce a new one: \[ \begin{multlined} f(x+my)+f(x-my) =2(2\cos\left(\frac{m\pi}{2}\right)+m^2-1)f(x)\\ -\frac{1}{2}(\cos\left(\frac{m\pi}{2}\right)+m^2-1)f(2x) +m^4(f(x+y)+f(x-y)), \end{multlined} \] where \(m\) is an integer not less than 2. It is shown that for mappings \(f\) between two real vector spaces the above equation is equivalent to its particular case \(m=2\): \[ f(x+2y)+f(x-2y)=2f(x)-f(2x)+4f(x+y)+4f(x-y) \] (the latter equation has been studied earlier). Using both the classical Hyers' method and the fixed point method, several stability results for the introduced equation are obtained. Finally, the ``cubic Jordan \(*\)-derivations'' and their stability are considered.