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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…
In this paper we determine the solutions $(\varphi,f_1,f_2)$ of the Pexider functional equation \[\varphi\Big(\frac{x+y}2\Big)\big(f_1(x)-f_2(y)\big)=0,\qquad (x,y)\in I_1\times I_2,\] where $I_1$ and $I_2$ are nonempty open subintervals.…
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 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.…
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…
We consider Aichinger's equation $$f(x_1+\cdots+x_{m+1})=\sum_{i=1}^{m+1}g_i(x_1,x_2,\cdots, \widehat{x_i},\cdots, x_{m+1})$$ for functions defined on commutative semigroups which take values on commutative groups. The solutions of this…
Given a semigroup $S$ generated by its squares, we determine the complex-valued solutions of the following system of cosine-sine functional equations \begin{align*} f(xy)=f(x)g_{1}(y)+g_{1}(x)f(y)+\lambda_{1}^{2}\,h(x)h(y),\; x,y\in S,\\…
In the present paper we solve a problem posed by Tomasz Szostok who asked about the solutions $f$ and $F$ to the system of inequalities $$ f\Big(\frac{x+y}{2}\Big)\leq \frac{F(y)-F(x)}{y-x}\leq \frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}. $$ We show that $f$ and…
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…
There is a contrast between the two sets of functional equations f_0(x+y) = f_0(x)f_0(y) + f_1(x)f_1(y), f_1(x+y) = f_1(x)f_0(y) + f_0(x)f_1(y), and f_0(x-y) = f_0(x)f_0(y) - f_1(x)f_1(y), f_1(x-y) = f_1(x)f_0(y) - f_0(x)f_1(y) satisfied by…
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…
The invariance identity involving three operations $D_{f,g}:X\times X\rightarrow X$ of the form \begin{equation*} D_{f,g}\left( x,y\right) =\left( f\circ g\right) ^{-1}\left( f\left( x\right) \oplus g\left( y\right) \right) \text{,}…
We study the regularity of solutions of functional equations of a generalized mean value type. In this paper we give sufficient conditions for the regularity by using hypoellipticity which is a concept of the theory of partial differential…
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 the present paper we deal with the following generalization of the sine-cosine equation \begin{equation*} \int f_1(x+y-t)+f_2(x-y+t) d\mu(t)=g(x)h(y) \end{equation*} for complex valued functions $f_1$, $f_2$, $g$ and $h$ defined on a…
We characterize continuous, symmetric and homogeneous means $M$ that can be represented in the form \begin{equation*} \frac{1}{M(x,y)}=\int_0^1 \frac{dt}{N\left(\tfrac{x+y}{2}-t\tfrac{x-y}{2},\tfrac{x+y}{2}+t\tfrac{x-y}{2}\right)}.…
We determine the complex-valued solutions of the following functional equation \[f(xy)+\mu (y)f(\sigma (y)x) = 2f(x)g(y),\quad x,y\in S,\] where $S$ is a semigroup and $\sigma$ an automorphism, $\mu :S\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is a…
In this short note, we introduce probabilistic Cauchy functional equations, specifically, functional equations of the following form: $$ f(X_1 + X_2) \stackrel{d}{=} f(X_1) + f(X_2), $$ where $X_1$ and $X_2$ represent two independent…
We will introduce new functional equations (\ref{eq:hana}) and (\ref{eq:hana2}) which are strongly related to well-known formulae (\ref{eq:young}) and (\ref{eq:young2}) of number theory, and investigate the solutions of the equations.…
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