Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces and let $f\,:\,X\,\to \,Y$ be an odd mapping. For any rational number $r\,\ne \,2$, C. Baak, D. H. Boo, and Th. M. Rassias proved the Hyers–Ulam stability of the functional equation
where $d$ and $\ell$ are positive integers so that $1\,<\,\ell \,<\,\frac{d}{2}$, and $C_{q}^{p}\,:=\frac{q!}{\left( q-p \right)!p!},\,p,\,q\,\in \,\mathbb{N}$ with $p\,\le \,q$.
In this note we solve this equation for arbitrary nonzero scalar $r$ and show that it is actually Hyers–Ulam stable. We thus extend and generalize Baak et al.’s result. Other questions concerning the $^{*}$-homomorphisms and the multipliers between ${{C}^{*}}$-algebras are also considered.