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Fixed points and stability of functional equations in fuzzy ternary Banach algebras

Abstract

By using Diaz and Margolis fixed point theorem, we establish the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of the ternary homomorphisms and ternary derivations between fuzzy ternary Banach algebras associated to the following (m,n)-Cauchy-Jensen additive functional equation:

1 i 1 < < i m n 1 k l n k l i j , j { 1 , , m } f ( j = 1 m x i j m + l = 1 n m x k l ) = ( n m + 1 ) n ( n m ) i = 1 n f( x i ).

MSC:39B52, 46S40, 26E50.

1 Introduction

A classical question in the theory of functional equations is the following:

When is it true that a function which approximately satisfies a functional equation must be close to an exact solution of ?

If the problem admits a solution, we say that the equation is stable. Such a problem was formulated by Ulam [1] in 1940 and solved in the next year for the Cauchy functional equation by Hyers [2]. Since Hyers, many authors have studied the stability theory for functional equations. The result of Hyers was extended by Aoki [3] in 1950, by considering the unbounded Cauchy differences. Also, Hyers’ theorem was generalized by Rassias [4] for linear mappings by considering an unbounded Cauchy difference.

Theorem 1.1 (TM Rassias)

Let f:E E be a mapping from a normed vector space E into a Banach space E subject to the following inequality:

f ( x + y ) f ( x ) f ( y ) ϵ ( x p + y p )

for all x,yE, where ϵ and p are constants with ϵ>0 and 0p<1. Then the limit L(x)= lim n f ( 2 n x ) 2 n exists for all xE, and L:E E is the unique additive mapping which satisfies

f ( x ) L ( x ) 2 ϵ 2 2 p x p

for all xE. Also, if for each xE, the function f(tx) is continuous in tR, then L is linear.

Găvruta [5] generalized the Rassias’ result. Beginning around the year 1980, the stability problems of several functional equations and approximate homomorphisms have been extensively investigated by a number of authors, and there are many interesting results concerning this problem (see [629]).

Katsaras [30] defined a fuzzy norm on a vector space to construct a fuzzy vector topological structure on the space. Some mathematicians have defined fuzzy norms on a vector space from various points of view (see [31, 32]). In particular, Bag and Samanta [33], following Cheng and Mordeson [34], gave an idea of a fuzzy norm in such a manner that the corresponding fuzzy metric is of Karmosil and Michalek type [35]. They established a decomposition theorem of a fuzzy norm into a family of crisp norms and investigated some properties of fuzzy normed spaces [36].

Now, we consider a mapping f:XY satisfying the following functional equation, which is introduced by Rassias and Kim [37] (see also [38]):

1 i 1 < < i m n 1 k l n k l i j , j { 1 , , m } f ( j = 1 m x i j m + l = 1 n m x k l ) = ( n m + 1 ) n ( n m ) i = 1 n f( x i )
(1.1)

for all x 1 ,, x n X, where m,nN are fixed integers with n2 and 1mn. Especially, we observe that, in the case m=1, equation (1.1) yields the Cauchy additive equation

f ( l = 1 n x k l ) = l = 1 n f( x i ).

Also, we observe that, in the case m=n, equation (1.1) yields the Jensen additive equation

f ( j = 1 n x j n ) = 1 n l = 1 n f( x i ).

Therefore, equation (1.1) is a generalized form of the Cauchy-Jensen additive equation and thus every solution of equation (1.1) may be analogously called the general (m,n)-Cauchy-Jensen additive. For the case m=2, the authors have established new theorems about the Ulam-Hyers-Rassias stability in quasi-β-normed spaces [37].

Let X and Y be linear spaces. For each m with 1mn, a mapping f:XY satisfies equation (1.1) for all n2 if and only if f(x)f(0)=A(x) is Cauchy additive, where f(0)=0 if m<n. In particular, we have f((nm+1)x)=(nm+1)f(x) and f(mx)=mf(x) for all xX.

Definition 1.1 Let X be a real vector space. A function N:X×R[0,1] is called a fuzzy norm on X if for all x,yX and s,tR,

(N1) N(x,t)=0 for t0;

(N2) x=0 if and only if N(x,t)=1 for all t>0;

(N3) N(cx,t)=N(x, t | c | ) if c0;

(N4) N(x+y,s+t)min{N(x,s),N(y,t)};

(N5) N(x,) is a non-decreasing function of and lim t N(x,t)=1;

(N6) for any x0, N(x,) is continuous on .

Example 1.1 Let (X,) be a normed linear space and β>0. Then

N(x,t)={ t t + β x , t > 0 , x X , 0 , t 0 , x X

is a fuzzy norm on X.

Definition 1.2 Let (X,N) be a fuzzy normed vector space. A sequence { x n } in X is said to be convergent if there exists xX such that

lim n N( x n x,t)=1

for all t>0. In this case, x is called the limit of the sequence { x n } in X, which is denoted by N lim t x n =x.

Definition 1.3 Let (X,N) be a fuzzy normed vector space. A sequence { x n } in X is called a Cauchy sequence if for each ϵ>0 and each t>0, there exists n 0 N such that, for all n n 0 and p>0,

N( x n + p x n ,t)>1ϵ.

It is well known that every convergent sequence in a fuzzy normed vector space is a Cauchy sequence. If each Cauchy sequence is convergent, then the fuzzy norm is said to be complete and the fuzzy normed vector space is called a fuzzy Banach space.

We say that a mapping f:XY between fuzzy normed vector spaces X and Y is continuous at a point xX if for each sequence { x n } converging to x 0 X, the sequence {f( x n )} converges to f( x 0 ). If f:XY is continuous at each xX, then f:XY is said to be continuous on X (see [36]).

Ternary algebraic operations were considered in the nineteenth century by several mathematicians such as Cayley [39] who introduced the notion of cubic matrix which in turn was generalized by Kapranov, Gelfand and Zelevinskii in 1990 [40]. The comments on physical applications of ternary structures can be found in [4145].

Definition 1.4 Let X be a ternary algebra and (X,N) be a fuzzy normed space.

  1. (1)

    The fuzzy normed space (X,N) is called a ternary fuzzy normed algebra if

    N ( [ x y z ] , s t u ) N(x,s)N(y,t)N(z,u)

for all x,y,zX and s,t,u>0;

  1. (2)

    A complete ternary fuzzy normed algebra is called a ternary fuzzy Banach algebra.

Example 1.2 Let (X,) be a ternary normed (Banach) algebra. Let

N(x,t)={ t t + x , t > 0 , x X , 0 , t 0 , x X .

Then N(x,t) is a fuzzy norm on X and (X,N) is a ternary fuzzy normed (Banach) algebra.

Definition 1.5 Let (X,N) and (Y, N ) be two ternary fuzzy normed algebras.

  1. (1)

    A -linear mapping H:(X,N)(Y, N ) is called a ternary homomorphism if

    H ( [ x y z ] ) = [ H ( x ) H ( y ) H ( z ) ]

for all x,y,zX;

  1. (2)

    A -linear mapping D:(X,N)(X,N) is called a ternary fuzzy derivation if

    D ( [ x y z ] ) = [ D ( x ) y z ] + [ x D ( y ) z ] + [ x y D ( z ) ]

for all x,y,zX.

We apply the following theorem on weighted spaces (see [4649]).

Theorem 1.2 (The generalized fixed point theorem of Diaz and Margolis)

Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and T:XX be a contraction, i.e., there exists α[0,1) such that

d(Tx,Ty)αd(x,y)

for all x,yX. Then there exists a unique aX such that Ta=a. Moreover, a= lim n T n x and

d(a,x) 1 1 α d(x,Tx)

for all xX.

Throughout this paper, we suppose that X is a ternary fuzzy normed algebra and Y is a ternary fuzzy Banach algebra. Moreover, we assume that n 0 N is a positive integer and T 1 n o 1 :={ e i θ :0θ 2 π n o }. For the convenience, we use the following abbreviation for a given mapping f:XY:

2 Main results

In this section, by using the idea of Gavruta and Gavruta [14], we prove the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of ternary homomorphisms related to functional equation (1.1) on ternary fuzzy Banach algebras (see also [50]).

Theorem 2.1 Let n3 and φ: X n [0,) be a mapping such that there exists L< 1 ( n m + 1 ) n 2 such that

φ ( x 1 n m + 1 , , x n n m + 1 ) L φ ( x 1 , x 2 , , x n ) n m + 1

for all x 1 ,, x n X. Let f:XY with f(0)=0 be a mapping satisfying

N ( Δ f ( x 1 , , x n ) , t ) t t + φ ( x 1 , , x n )
(2.1)

and

N ( f ( [ a b c ] ) [ f ( a ) f ( b ) f ( c ) ] , t ) t t + φ ( a , b , c , 0 , , 0 )
(2.2)

for all μ T 1 n o 1 , x 1 ,, x n ,a,b,cX and t>0. Then there exists a unique ternary homomorphism H:XY such that

N ( f ( x ) H ( x ) , t ) ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t + L φ ( x , , x )
(2.3)

for all xX and t>0.

Proof Letting μ=1 and putting x 1 = x 2 == x n =x in (2.1), we have

N ( ( n m ) f ( ( n m + 1 ) x ) ( n m ) ( n m + 1 ) f ( x ) , t ) t t + φ ( x , , x )
(2.4)

for all xX and t>0. Set S 0 :={h:XY:h(0)=0} and define a mapping d 0 : S 0 × S 0 [0,] by

d 0 (f,g)=inf { μ R + : N ( g ( x ) h ( x ) , μ t ) t t + φ ( x , , x ) , x X , t > 0 } ,

where inf=+. Also, put S:={h S 0 : d 0 (h,f)<}. Suppose that d is the restriction of d 0 on S×S. By using the same technique in the proof of Theorem 3.2 [50], we can show that (S,d) is a complete metric space. Now, we define a mapping J:SS by

Jg(x):=(nm+1)g ( x n m + 1 )

for all xX. It is easy to see that d(Jg,Jh)Ld(g,h) for all g,hS. This implies that

d(f,Jf) L ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) .

Thus, by Banach’s fixed point theorem (Theorem 1.2), J has a unique fixed point H:XY in S satisfying

H ( x n m + 1 ) = H ( x ) n m + 1
(2.5)

for all xX. This implies that H is a unique mapping with (2.5) such that there exists μ(0,) satisfying

N ( f ( x ) H ( x ) , μ t ) t t + φ ( x , , x )

for all xX and t>0.

Moreover, we have d( J p f,H)0 as p, which implies

N- lim p f ( x ( n m + 1 ) p ) ( n m + 1 ) p =H(x)
(2.6)

for all xX. Thus it follows from (2.1) and (2.6) that

1 i 1 < < i m n 1 k l n k l i j , j { 1 , , m } H ( j = 1 m μ x i j m + l = 1 n m μ x k l ) = ( n m + 1 ) n ( n m ) i = 1 n μH( x i )

for all μ T 1 n o 1 and x 1 ,, x n X. This means that H:XY is additive. By using the same technique as in the proof of Theorem 2.1 [51], we can show that H is -linear. On the other hand, by (2.2), we have

N(α,β) t t + φ ( a ( n m + 1 ) p , b ( n m + 1 ) p , c ( n m + 1 ) p , 0 , 0 , , 0 )

for all a,b,cX and t>0, where

Then we have, as p+,

for all a,b,cX and t>0. So, it follows that

N ( H ( [ a b c ] ) [ H ( a ) H ( b ) H ( c ) ] , t ) =1

for all a,b,cX and t>0. Hence we have H([abc])=[H(a)H(b)H(c)] for all a,b,cX. This means that H is a ternary homomorphism. This completes the proof. □

Theorem 2.2 Let φ: X n [0,) be a mapping such that there exists L<1 with

φ( x 1 ,, x n )(nm+1)Lφ ( x 1 n m + 1 , , x n n m + 1 )

for all x 1 , x 2 ,, x n X. Let f:XY be a mapping with f(0)=0 satisfying (2.1). Then the limit H(x):=N- lim p f ( ( n m + 1 ) p x ) ( n m + 1 ) p exists for all xX and H:XY is defined as a ternary homomorphism such that

N ( f ( x ) H ( x ) , t ) ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t + φ ( x , , x )
(2.7)

for all xX and t>0.

Proof Let (S,d) be the metric space defined as in the proof of Theorem 2.1. Consider the mapping T:SS defined by Tg(x):= g ( ( n m + 1 ) x ) n m + 1 for all xX. One can show that d(g,h)=ϵ implies that d(Tg,Th)Lϵ for all positive real numbers ϵ. This means that T is a contraction on (S,d). The mapping

H(x):=N- lim p f ( ( n m + 1 ) p x ) ( n m + 1 ) p

is the unique fixed point of T in S and H has the following property:

(nm+1)H(x)=H ( ( n m + 1 ) x )
(2.8)

for all xX. This implies that H is a unique mapping satisfying (2.8) such that there exists μ(0,) satisfying N(f(x)H(x),μt) t t + φ ( x , , x ) for all xX and t>0.

The rest of the proof is similar to the proof of Theorem 2.1. This completes the proof. □

Now, we investigate the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of ternary derivations in ternary fuzzy Banach algebras.

Theorem 2.3 Let X be a fuzzy Banach algebra. Let φ: X n [0,) be a function such that there exists L< 1 ( n m + 1 ) n 2 with

φ ( x 1 n m + 1 , , x n n m + 1 ) L φ ( x 1 , x 2 , , x n ) n m + 1

for all x 1 ,, x n X. Let f:XX be a mapping with f(0)=0 satisfying (2.1) and

N ( f ( [ a b c ] ) [ f ( a ) b c ] [ a f ( b ) c ] [ a b f ( c ) ] , t ) t t + φ ( a , b , c , 0 , 0 , , 0 )
(2.9)

for all a,b,cX and t>0. Then D(x):=N- lim p f ( x ( n m + 1 ) p ) ( n m + 1 ) p exists for all xX and D:XX is defined as a unique ternary derivation such that

N ( f ( x ) D ( x ) , t ) ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t + L φ ( x , , x )
(2.10)

for all xX and t>0.

Proof By the same reasoning as that in the proof of Theorem 2.1, the mapping D:XX is a unique -linear mapping which satisfies (2.10).

Now, we show that D is a ternary derivation. By (2.9), we have

(2.11)

for all a,b,cX and t>0. Then we have

for all a,b,cX and t>0. So, we have

N ( D ( [ a b c ] ) [ D ( a ) b c ] [ a D ( b ) c ] [ a b H ( c ) ] , t ) =1

for all a,b,cX and t>0. Hence we have D([abc])=[D(a)bc]+[aD(b)c]+[abD(c)] for all a,b,cX . This means that D is a ternary derivation. This completes the proof. □

Theorem 2.4 Let X be a fuzzy Banach algebra. Let φ: X n [0,) be a function such that there exists L<1 with

φ( x 1 ,, x n )(nm+1)Lφ ( x 1 n m + 1 , , x n n m + 1 )

for all x 1 , x 2 ,, x n X. Let f:XX be a mapping with f(0)=0 satisfying (2.1) and (2.9). Then the limit D(x):=N- lim p f ( ( n m + 1 ) p x ) ( n m + 1 ) p exists for all xX and D:XX is defined as a ternary derivation such that

N ( f ( x ) D ( x ) , t ) ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t ( n m + 1 ) ( n m ) ( 1 L ) t + φ ( x , , x )
(2.12)

for all xX and t>0.

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Asgari, G., Cho, Y., Lee, Y. et al. Fixed points and stability of functional equations in fuzzy ternary Banach algebras. J Inequal Appl 2013, 166 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1029-242X-2013-166

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