scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2218531
Many problems concerning the stability of functional equations can be solved with the use of the so-called Hyers method. For the proof, for example, of the stability of the Cauchy functional equation (i.e. if \(\bigl\| f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)\bigr\| \leq\varepsilon\), then there exists an additive function \(a\) s.t. \(\bigl\| a(x)-f(x)\bigr\| \leq\varepsilon\)) we define the sequence \(f_n(x)=\frac{1}{2^n}f(2^nx)\) and we prove that \(a(x):=\lim_{n\to\infty}f_n(x)\) is a desired additive function. The sequence \(\bigl(f_n(x)\bigr)\) is called the Hyers sequence. Some other examples of Hyers sequences: \(f_n(x)=\frac{1}{4^n}f(2^nx)\) for the quadratic functional equation (\(f(x+y)+f(x-y)=2f(x)+2f(y)\)), \(f_n(x)=2^nf\bigl(\frac{x}{2^n}\bigr)\) for the generalized stability of Cauchy equation (i.e. for the assumption \(\bigl\| f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)\bigr\| \leq\varepsilon\bigl(\| x\| ^p+\| y\| ^p\bigr)\) for some \(p>1\)) and so on. It is shown that such a method cannot be used for all stable functional equations. The introduction describes how to construct Hyers sequences. For the functional equation \[ f\Bigl(\frac{x+y}{2}\Bigr)=\root4\of{f(x)f(y)}\tag{1} \] the Hyers sequences either do not converge or converge to the function which is not a solution of (1). However it is proved that this equation is stable.
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