FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS IN THREE VARIABLES

Let r, s be nonzero real numbers. Let X, Y be vector spaces. It is shown that if a mapping f : $X{\rightarrow}Y$ satisfies f(0) = 0, and $$sf(\frac{x+y{\pm}z}{r})+f(x)+f(y){\pm}f(z)=sf(\frac{x+y}{r})+sf(\frac{y{\pm}z}{r})+sf(\frac{x{\pm}z}{r})$$, or $$sf(\frac{x+y{\pm}y}{r})+f(x)+f(y){\pm}f(z)=f(x+y)+f(y{\pm}z)+f(x{\pm}z)$$ for all x, y, $z{\in}X$, then there exist an additive mapping A : $X{\rightarrow}Y$ and a quadratic mapping Q : $X{\rightarrow}Y$ such that f(x) = A(x) + Q(x) for all $x{\in}X$. Furthermore, we prove the Cauchy-Rassias stability of the functional equations as given above.