Journal of Inequalities and Applications 
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 210615, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/210615
Research Article

Stability of a Quadratic Functional Equation in the Spaces of Generalized Functions

Young-Su Lee

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea

Received 30 June 2008; Accepted 20 August 2008

Recommended by László Losonczi

Abstract

Making use of the pullbacks, we reformulate the following quadratic functional equation: f(x+y+z)+f(x)+f(y)+f(z)=f(x+y)+f(y+z)+f(z+x) in the spaces of generalized functions. Also, using the fundamental solution of the heat equation, we obtain the general solution and prove the Hyers-Ulam stability of this equation in the spaces of generalized functions such as tempered distributions and Fourier hyperfunctions.