1978/11/01 by Themistocles M. Rassias · 23 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Optimization and Variational Analysis #Functional Equations Stability Results #advanced mathematical theories
paper · pdf · doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1978-0507327-1
Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper E 1 comma upper E 2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">E1,E2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be two Banach spaces, and let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="f colon upper E 1 right-arrow upper E 2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mo>:</mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false"> → </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f:E1 → E2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a mapping, that is “approximately linear". S. M. Ulam posed the problem: “Give conditions in order for a linear mapping near an approximately linear mapping to exist". The purpose of this paper is to give an answer to Ulam’s problem.