Related papers: Wigner's theorem revisited
In this note we generalize the well-known Wigner's unitary-anti\-unitary theorem. For $X$ and $Y$ smooth normed spaces and $f:X\to Y$ a surjective mapping such that $|[f(x),f(y)]|=|[x,y]|$, $x,y\in X$, where $[\cdot,\cdot]$ is the unique…
We present a generalization of Wigner's unitary-antiunitary theorem for pairs of ray transformations. As a particular case, we get a new Wigner-type theorem for non-Hermitian indefinite inner product spaces.
The general analytic solution to the functional equation $$ \phi_1(x+y)= { { \biggl|\matrix{\phi_2(x)&\phi_2(y)\cr\phi_3(x)&\phi_3(y)\cr}\biggr|} \over { \biggl|\matrix{\phi_4(x)&\phi_4(y)\cr\phi_5(x)&\phi_5(y)\cr}\biggr|} } $$ is…
Let H be a Hilbert $C^*$-module over a matrix algebra A. It is proved that any function $T:H\to H$ which preserves the absolute value of the (generalized) inner product is of the form $Tf=\phi(f)Uf$ $(f\in H)$, where $\phi$ is a…
In this paper, we are going to describe the solutions of the functional equation $$ \varphi\Big(\frac{x+y}{2}\Big)(f(x)+f(y))=\varphi(x)f(x)+\varphi(y)f(y) $$ concerning the unknown functions $\varphi$ and $f$ defined on an open interval.…
In the paper, the equivalence of the functional inequality $$\|2f(x)+f(y)+f(-y)-f(x-y)\|\leq\|f(x+y)\|\;\;\;(x,y\in{G})$$ and the Drygas functional equation $$f(x+y)+f(x-y)=2f(x)+f(y)+f(-y)\;\;\;(x,y\in{G})$$ is proved for functions…
The purpose of the present paper is to solve (under some assumption on the domain) the equation $$ g(x+y)-g(x)-g(y)=xf(y)+yf(x). $$ After determining the general solutions, we will investigate the so--called alien solutions. %More…
This paper examines various aspects related to the Cauchy functional equation $f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)$, a fundamental equation in the theory of functional equations. In particular, it considers its solvability and its stability relative to…
Let $\A$ be a $C^*$-algebra and $\B$ be a von Neumann algebra that both act on a Hilbert space $\Ha$. Let $\M$ and $\N$ be inner product modules over $\A$ and $\B$, respectively. Under certain assumptions we show that for each mapping…
In this paper, we are dealing with the solution of the functional equation $$ \varphi\Big(\frac{x+y}2\Big)(f(x)-f(y))=F(x)-F(y), $$ concerning the unknown functions $\varphi,f$ and $F$ defined on a same open subinterval of the reals.…
In this paper we describe the solutions of the functional equation \begin{equation*} F\Big(\frac{x+y}2\Big)+f_1(x)+f_2(y)=G \big(g_1(x)+g_2(y)) \end{equation*} defined on an open subinterval of $ \mathbb{R} $. Improving previous results we…
In this paper, we investigate the generalized Hyers-Ulam stability of the following reciprocal functional equation \begin{equation*}f(2x+y)+f\left(\frac{x+y}{2}\right)…
We prove an optimal version of Wigner's unitary-antiunitary theorem. The main tool in our proof is Gleason's theorem.
Our main result is that we describe the solutions $g,f:S\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ of the functional equation \[g(x\sigma(y))=g(x)g(y)-f(x)f(y)+\alpha f(x\sigma(y)),\quad x,y\in S,\] where $S$ is a semigroup, $\alpha \in \mathbb{C}$ is a fixed…
In this paper, we establish the general solution of the functional equation $$f(nx+y)+f(nx-y)=n^2f(x+y)+n^2f(x-y)+2(f(nx)-n^2f(x))-2(n^2-1)f(y)\eqno {0 cm}$$for fixed integers $n$ with $n\neq0,\pm1$ and investigate the generalized…
The general form of the solutions of the Kac--Bernstein functional equation $$ f(x+y)g(x-y)=f(x)f(y)g(x)g(-y), \ x, y\in X, $$ on an arbitrary Abelian group $X$ in the class of positive functions is obtained. We also study the solutions of…
We present an operator algebraic approach to Wigner's unitary-antiunitary theorem using some classical results from ring theory. To show how effective this approach is, we prove a generalization of this celebrated theorem for Hilbert…
Fix non-zero reals $\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n$ with $n\ge 2$ and let $K$ be a non-empty open connected set in a topological vector space such that $\sum_{i\le n}\alpha_iK\subseteq K$ (which holds, in particular, if $K$ is an open convex cone…
The main result of the present paper is about the solutions of the functional equation \Eq{*}{ F\Big(\frac{x+y}2\Big)+f_1(x)+f_2(y)=G(g_1(x)+g_2(y)),\qquad x,y\in I, } derived originally, in a natural way, from the invariance problem of…
Given a semigroup $S$ equipped with an involutive automorphism $\sigma$, we determine the complex-valued solutions $f,g,h$ of the functional equation \begin{equation*}f(x\sigma(y))=f(x)g(y)+g(x)f(y)+h(x)h(y),\,\,x,y\in S,\end{equation*} in…