Ulam stability

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Ulam stability is a concept in the theory of functional equations that studies when approximate solutions imply the existence of exact solutions nearby, forming the basis of what is now called Hyers–Ulam stability.

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instanceOf mathematical concept
stability concept in functional equations
appliesTo Cauchy functional equation
Jensen inequality
surface form: Jensen functional equation

additive functional equations
multiplicative functional equations
quadratic functional equations
basisFor Hyers–Ulam stability theory
characterizedBy existence of a bound between approximate and exact solutions
concerns error bounds for approximate solutions
stability of functional equations under perturbations
coreIdea approximate satisfaction of a functional equation leads to a nearby exact solution
defines conditions under which approximate homomorphisms are close to exact homomorphisms
field functional equations
mathematical analysis
focusesOn approximate solutions of functional equations
existence of exact solutions near approximate ones
generalizedBy Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability
hasApplication stability of derivations
stability of group homomorphisms
stability of isometries
stability of linear mappings
stability of ring homomorphisms
hasVariant Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability
historicalOrigin a question posed by Stanisław Ulam in 1940
implies continuous dependence of exact solutions on perturbations
motivated study of stability of functional equations
namedAfter Stanislaw Ulam
surface form: Stanisław Ulam
questionFormulation whether every approximate solution of a functional equation is near an exact solution
relatedConcept Banach space
approximate homomorphism
functional inequality
metric space
stability of homomorphisms
relatedTo Ulam stability self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hyers–Ulam stability

error analysis
perturbation theory
stability theory in mathematics
studiedIn nonlinear functional analysis
operator theory
timePeriod 20th century mathematics
typicalSetting functional equations between Banach spaces
functional equations between normed spaces
usedIn approximation theory
control theory
dynamical systems

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Stanislaw Ulam notableWork Ulam stability
Ulam problem in set theory relatedTo Ulam stability
Ulam stability relatedTo Ulam stability self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hyers–Ulam stability