On the quotient stability of a family of functional equations (Q838031)

The author studies some stability results for the functional equation \[ f(x+M(f(x))y)=\lambda f(x)f(y), \] where \(\lambda \neq 0\) is a real number and \(M: \mathbb R\to \mathbb R\) is a non-zero multiplicative function. He shows that for fixed \(n \in \mathbb{N}\) and appropriate number \(\varepsilon >0\), every continuous solution \(f: \mathbb R\to \mathbb R\) of \[ \left|\frac{f(x+f(x)^ny)}{\lambda f(x)f(y)}-1\right| \leq \varepsilon \quad\text{and}\quad \left|\frac{\lambda f(x)f(y)}{f(x+f(x)^ny)}-1\right| \leq \varepsilon, \] whenever \(f(x)f(y)f(x+f(x)^ny)\neq 0\), satisfies the equation \[ f(x+f(x)^ny)f(x)f(y)[f(x+f(x)^ny)-\lambda f(x)f(y)]=0 \] and, moreover, in the case where \(f(x_0+f(x_0)^ny_0)f(x_0)f(y_0)\neq 0\) for some \(x_0, y_0 \in \mathbb{R}\), it must be a solution of \[ f(x+f(x)^ny)=\lambda f(x)f(y). \] These can be regarded as extensions of some results of \textit{J. Chudziak} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 339, No. 1, 454--460 (2008; Zbl 1132.39021) and J. Approximation Theory 136, No. 1, 21--25 (2005; Zbl 1083.39025)].