QUADRATIC MAPPINGS ASSOCIATED WITH INNER PRODUCT SPACES

In [7], Th.M. Rassias proved that the norm defined over a real vector space V is induced by an inner product if and only if for a fixed integer $n{\geq}2$ $${\sum_{i=1}^{n}}\left\|x_i-{\frac{1}{n}}{\sum_{j=1}^{n}}x_j \right\|^2={\sum_{i=1}^{n}}{\parallel}x_i{\parallel}^2-n\left\|{\frac{1}{n}}{\sum_{i=1}^{n}}x_i \right\|^2$$ holds for all $x_1$, ${\cdots}$, $x_n{\in}V$. Let V, W be real vector spaces. It is shown that if an even mapping $f:V{\rightarrow}W$ satisfies $$(0.1)\;{\sum_{i=1}^{2n}f}\(x_i-{\frac{1}{2n}}{\sum_{j=1}^{2n}}x_j\)={\sum_{i=1}^{2n}}f(x_i)-2nf\({\frac{1}{2n}}{\sum_{i=1}^{2n}}x_i\)$$ for all $x_1$, ${\cdots}$, $x_{2n}{\in}V$, then the even mapping $f:V{\rightarrow}W$ is quadratic. Furthermore, we prove the generalized Hyers-Ulam stability of the quadratic functional equation (0.1) in Banach spaces.