Sunday, December 10, 2017

abstract algebra - Generalization of Cauchy's functional equation

We know that if f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y) and f meets some "reasonable" conditions, then f is linear.


I've been considering the following extension: consider the reals under some unknown group operation which is isomorphic to the reals under standard addition, i.e. f(xy)=f(x)+f(y). Under what conditions must we conclude that f(x)=cx where f is the isomorphism?


I think over the rationals we could use the same argument as for Cauchy, but I'm not sure about over the reals.


Update: In another question Joy gives an example where f:(R,)(R,+) with f continuous yet f(x)cx. So the answer to this generalization is not the same as the answer to the normal Cauchy.

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