Cauchy-Schwarz-type inequalities for solutions of Levi-Civita-type functional equations (Q6952695)

The authors investigate the relation between a function satisfying a certain Levi-Civita-type functional equation and Cauchy-Schwarz type inequalities. Here are some of the results proved in the paper.\par Theorem. Let \((G,\ast)\) be a groupoid and \(A:G \to \mathbb{R}\) a function. If \(A\) satisfies the Levi-Civita type functional equation \[A(x\ast y)=f_1(x)f_1(y)+\cdots+f_n(x)f_n(y)\] for some functions \(f_1,\cdots,f_n:G \to \mathbb{R}\), then \(A\) fulfills the functional inequality \[A(x\ast y)^2\le A(x\ast x)A(y\ast y)\] for ll \(x,y \in G\).\par If \(A\) satisfies the Levi-Civita type functional equation \[A(x\ast y)=f(x)f(y)-g(x)g(y)\] for some functions \(f,g:G \to \mathbb{R}\), then \(A\) fulfills the functional inequality \[A(x\ast x)A(y\ast y)\le A(x\ast y)^2 \] for all \(x,y \in G\).