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20 December 2024

The aim of the presented research was to evaluate the impacts of modifications to the technical properties of fly ash-based geopolymer composites, particularly focusing on enhancing the thermal insulation. Through the utilization of a generalized uti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Function Geopolymer Materials)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,602 Views
33 Pages

24 September 2022

Recently, we identified two types (A and B) of energy processes that naturally occur on Earth. Type-A energetic process such as the classical heat engines follows well the thermodynamic second law; Type-B energy process follows the first law of therm...

(This article belongs to the Section Energetics)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,495 Views
26 Pages

25 May 2021

Through the research presented herein, it is quite clear that there are two thermodynamically distinct types (A and B) of energetic processes naturally occurring on Earth. Type A, such as glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle, apparently follow...

(This article belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
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23 Pages

Optimization of the Performance of Zirconia-Toughened and Mixed-Alumina Ceramic Tools in CNC Turning of 42CrMo4 Steel

  • Irina Aleksandrova,
  • Hristo Metev,
  • Hristian Mitev,
  • Trayan Hristov and
  • Simona Tsaneva

2 October 2026

This article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the performance of zirconia-toughened and mixed-alumina ceramic tools in CNC turning of 42CrMo4 steel with hardnesses of 35, 40, and 45 HRC. Empirical models have been developed for the cu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Computer Numerical Control Machining and Precision Machining of Advanced Materials)
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645 Views
24 Pages

Optimization of Technological Processes on CNC Lathes with Robotic Loading

  • Irina Aleksandrova,
  • Hristo Metev,
  • Nikolai Kolev and
  • Hristian Mitev

The article presents a methodology for multi-objective compromise optimization of the process of turning on CNC machines with robotic loading by the methods of determining the optimum compromise area and carrying out optimization, using the generaliz...

(This article belongs to the Topic Manufacturing and Mechanics of Materials)
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  • Open Access
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21 Pages

Existing studies on the abrasive cutting process have primarily focused on the influence of cutting conditions on key parameters such as temperature, cut-off wheel wear, and machined surface quality. However, the choice of working conditions is often...

(This article belongs to the Section Innovations in Materials Science and Materials Processing)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,281 Views
9 Pages

Selecting funds is a common problem for investors who use published available data on fund indicators while they are selecting the funds. Since this process deals with more than one indicator, the investing issue becomes multi-criteria decision-makin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,115 Views
24 Pages

Quick Introduction into the General Framework of Portfolio Theory

  • Philipp Kreins,
  • Stanislaus Maier-Paape and
  • Qiji Jim Zhu

19 August 2024

This survey offers a succinct overview of the General Framework of Portfolio Theory (GFPT), consolidating Markowitz portfolio theory, the growth optimal portfolio theory, and the theory of risk measures. Central to this framework is the use of convex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Portfolio Theory, Financial Risk Analysis and Applications)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,476 Views
24 Pages

An Effective Iterative Process Utilizing Transcendental Sine Functions for the Generation of Julia and Mandelbrot Sets

  • Khairul Habib Alam,
  • Yumnam Rohen,
  • Anita Tomar,
  • Naeem Saleem and ,
  • Maggie Aphane and
  • Asima Razzaque
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This study presents an innovative iterative method designed to approximate common fixed points of generalized contractive mappings. We provide theorems that confirm the convergence and stability of the proposed iteration scheme, further illustrated t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point Theory and Fractals)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,671 Views
30 Pages

Utilization of Function Generation Synthesis on Biomimetics: A Case Study on Moray Eel Double Jaw Design

  • Mertcan Koçak,
  • Mustafa Volkan Yazıcı,
  • Efecan Akdal,
  • Fatih Cemal Can and
  • Erkin Gezgin

28 September 2022

Throughout history, humans have observed living or non-living things in nature and then imitated them in relation to these observations. This is due to the fact that the energy found in nature is generally consumed at an optimal level in order for it...

(This article belongs to the Section Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,533 Views
28 Pages

12 March 2024

Gaussian Radial Basis Function Kernels are the most-often-employed kernel function in artificial intelligence for providing the optimal results in contrast to their respective counterparts. However, our understanding surrounding the utilization of th...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,325 Views
35 Pages

8 May 2018

Utility and risk are two often competing measurements on the investment success. We show that efficient trade-off between these two measurements for investment portfolios happens, in general, on a convex curve in the two-dimensional space of utility...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods for Risk Management in Economics and Finance)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,543 Views
27 Pages

19 February 2023

The overlap function, a particular kind of binary aggregate function, has been extensively utilized in decision-making, image manipulation, classification, and other fields. With regard to overlap function theory, many scholars have also obtained man...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Swarm Intelligence with Mathematical Fuzzy Logic for Computer Science in Real-World Applications)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,945 Views
13 Pages

Optimal Saving by Expected Utility Operators

  • Irina Georgescu and
  • Jani Kinnunen

9 February 2020

This paper studies an optimal saving model in which risk is represented by a fuzzy number and the total utility function of the model is defined by an expected utility operator. This model generalizes some existing possibilistic saving models and fro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Soft Computing in Economics, Finance and Management)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,741 Views
44 Pages

A spline-based integral approximation is utilized to define a sequence of approximations to the error function that converge at a significantly faster manner than the default Taylor series. The real case is considered and the approximations can be im...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Mathematical and Computational Applications)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,653 Views
15 Pages

An artificial general intelligence (AGI) might have an instrumental drive to modify its utility function to improve its ability to cooperate, bargain, promise, threaten, and resist and engage in blackmail. Such an AGI would necessarily have a utility...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Perils of Artificial Intelligence)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
829 Views
20 Pages

Geometric Properties and Applications in System Modeling for a Generalized q-Symmetric Operator

  • Abdelrahman M. Yehia,
  • Atef F. Hashem,
  • A. S. Al-Moisheer,
  • Mohamed A. Sohaly and ,
  • Samar M. Madian and
  • Mohammed M. Tharwat
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24 September 2025

This paper introduces a novel generalized q-symmetric differential operator for studying a certain subclass of univalent functions with negative coefficients. We establish several significant theoretical results for this class, including sharp coeffi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Complex Analysis Operators Theory)
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1 Citations
2,351 Views
12 Pages

On Extendability of the Principle of Equivalent Utility

  • Małgorzata Chudziak and
  • Marek Żołdak

24 December 2019

An insurance premium principle is a way of assigning to every risk a real number, interpreted as a premium for insuring risk. There are several methods of defining the principle. In this paper, we deal with the principle of equivalent utility under t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Functional Equations and Inequalities)
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  • Open Access
1,836 Views
13 Pages

Utility Perturbation Operators in Bayesian Games: Structural Stability and Equilibrium Deformation

  • Óscar De los Reyes Marín,
  • Iria Paz Gil,
  • Jose Torres-Pruñonosa and
  • Raúl Gómez-Martínez

31 January 2026

We introduce a class of parametric operators acting on the space of Bayesian games with continuous utility functions. Each operator induces a structured perturbation of agents’ utilities while preserving the underlying informational primitives,...

(This article belongs to the Section E5: Financial Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,074 Views
31 Pages

1 June 2019

This is Part III of a series of papers which focus on a general framework for portfolio theory. Here, we extend a general framework for portfolio theory in a one-period financial market as introduced in Part I [Maier-Paape and Zhu, Risks 2018, 6(2),...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Portfolio Optimization and Risk Management: New Development and Applications)
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643 Views
13 Pages

2 January 2026

The aim of this paper is to introduce Leonardo finite operator polynomials and obtain some of their new properties. We first present the recurrence relation provided by Leonardo finite operator polynomials. Then, we give a Binet-like formula, generat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polynomial Sequences and Their Applications, 2nd Edition)
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5 Citations
2,691 Views
22 Pages

Study on Groundwater Function Zoning and Sustainable Development and Utilization in Jining City Planning Area

  • Hongnian Chen,
  • Xianfeng Tan,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Bo Hu and ,
  • Shuming Xu,
  • Zhenfen Dai,
  • Zhengxuan Zhang,
  • Zhiye Wang and
  • Yawei Zhang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

23 August 2023

The sustainable development and utilization of groundwater resources are of paramount importance for the progress of society, the economy, and the environment. This study focuses on the planning area of Jining City and establishes an evaluation index...

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2 Citations
1,091 Views
18 Pages

Computational Analysis of Newton-Type Inequalities for Differentiable Strongly Convex Functions via RL-Integrals

  • Ghulam Abbas,
  • Saima Riaz,
  • Tamador Alihia,
  • Khuram Ali Khan and ,
  • Saba Yasmin and
  • Ramy M. Hafez
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In this paper, new generalizations of Newton-type inequalities for the class of strongly convex functions by utilizing Riemann–Liouville fractional integrals are established. New estimates are obtained for functions that are strongly convex. Th...

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43 Citations
2,913 Views
19 Pages

New Quantum Estimates of Trapezium-Type Inequalities for Generalized ϕ-Convex Functions

  • Miguel J. Vivas-Cortez,
  • Rozana Liko,
  • Artion Kashuri and
  • Jorge E. Hernández Hernández

3 November 2019

In this paper, a quantum trapezium-type inequality using a new class of function, the so-called generalized ϕ -convex function, is presented. A new quantum trapezium-type inequality for the product of two generalized ϕ -convex functions is...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,384 Views
15 Pages

19 June 2019

In recent decades, the second law of thermodynamics has been commonly applied in analyzing heat exchangers. Many researchers believe that the minimization of entropy generation or exergy losses can be considered as an objective function in designing...

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4 Citations
1,193 Views
16 Pages

13 April 2025

This paper establishes explicit inversion formulae for the Widder–Lambert transform and the Stieltjes–Poisson transform, extending their applicability to function spaces and compactly supported distributions. Utilizing a generalized Lambe...

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3 Citations
2,456 Views
30 Pages

8 November 2023

Schröder approximations of the first kind, modified for the inverse function approximation case, are utilized to establish general analytical approximation forms for an inverse function. Such general forms are used to establish arbitrarily accur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Approximation Techniques and Their Applications)
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27 Citations
2,346 Views
20 Pages

26 December 2019

In this paper, we present a new definition of higher-order generalized strongly preinvex functions. Moreover, it is observed that the new class of higher-order generalized strongly preinvex functions characterize various new classes as special cases....

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4 Citations
2,016 Views
25 Pages

20 January 2025

The purpose of this article is to investigate some tensorial norm inequalities for continuous functions of self-adjoint operators in Hilbert spaces. Our first approach is to develop a gradient descent inequality and some relational properties for con...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advance in Functional Equations, Second Edition)
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17 Citations
2,511 Views
15 Pages

This research aims to develop generalized fractional integral inequalities by utilizing multiple Erdélyi–Kober (E–K) fractional integral operators. Using a set of j, with (j∈N) positively continuous and decaying functions in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Integral Inequalities and Applications, 2nd Edition)
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1,571 Views
12 Pages

16 July 2024

This paper investigates the behavior of a fluid queue driven by a non-truncated Erlangian service queue, focusing on the symmetrical properties within the system. This study determines the formulations of the steady-state distribution of both the buf...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
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869 Views
22 Pages

Characteristics of CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Electricity Generation

  • Richard A. Michelfelder,
  • Eugene A. Pilotte and
  • Joseph Simmerman

27 May 2026

We estimate the production function of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by the U.S. electric utility industry, responsible for 32% of all CO2 emissions in the U.S. Our results show that the electric utility industry is aggressively mitigating greenhouse...

(This article belongs to the Section Climate and Economics)
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690 Views
18 Pages

13 August 2026

Rainbow tables are precomputed tables used to cache the output of cryptographic hash functions in a collection of chains consisting of alternating password and hash values constructed using a cryptographic hash function and a reduction function. Gene...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
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3 Citations
6,722 Views
11 Pages

A Generalized Series Expansion of the Arctangent Function Based on the Enhanced Midpoint Integration

  • Sanjar M. Abrarov,
  • Rehan Siddiqui,
  • Rajinder Kumar Jagpal and
  • Brendan M. Quine

17 April 2023

In this work, we derive a generalized series expansion of the acrtangent function by using the enhanced midpoint integration (EMI). Algorithmic implementation of the generalized series expansion utilizes a two-step iteration without surd or complex n...

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25 Citations
7,811 Views
11 Pages

30 September 2013

In this work, we introduce a generalization of the differential polynomial neural network utilizing fractional calculus. Fractional calculus is taken in the sense of the Caputo differential operator. It approximates a multi-parametric function with p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems)
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18 Citations
3,383 Views
12 Pages

Some New Harmonically Convex Function Type Generalized Fractional Integral Inequalities

  • Rana Safdar Ali,
  • Aiman Mukheimer,
  • Thabet Abdeljawad,
  • Shahid Mubeen and ,
  • Sabila Ali,
  • Gauhar Rahman and
  • Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
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In this article, we established a new version of generalized fractional Hadamard and Fejér–Hadamard type integral inequalities. A fractional integral operator (FIO) with a non-singular function (multi-index Bessel function) as its kernel and monotone...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advancements in Pure and Applied Mathematics via Fractals and Fractional Calculus)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,437 Views
15 Pages

6 March 2018

In this paper, we offer a novel class of utility functions applied to optimal portfolio selection. This class incorporates as special cases important measures such as the mean-variance, Sharpe ratio, mean-standard deviation and others. We provide an...

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2 Citations
5,051 Views
13 Pages

28 March 2023

The modified Bessel function (MBF) of the first kind is a fundamental special function in mathematics with applications in a large number of areas. When the order of this function is integer, it has an integral representation which includes the expon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics: 10th Anniversary)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,352 Views
18 Pages

11 April 2025

Many properties of special numbers, such as sum formulas, symmetric properties, and their relationships with each other, have been studied in the literature with the help of the Binet formula and generating function. In this paper, higher-order gener...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Integrable Systems and Soliton Theories)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,750 Views
26 Pages

Results on Minkowski-Type Inequalities for Weighted Fractional Integral Operators

  • Hari Mohan Srivastava,
  • Soubhagya Kumar Sahoo,
  • Pshtiwan Othman Mohammed,
  • Artion Kashuri and
  • Nejmeddine Chorfi

2 August 2023

This article considers a general family of weighted fractional integral operators and utilizes this general operator to establish numerous reverse Minkowski inequalities. When it comes to understanding and investigating convexity and inequality, symm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asymmetric and Symmetric Study on Number Theory and Cryptography)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,156 Views
24 Pages

26 January 2023

This article applies the thermocontextual interpretation (TCI) to open dissipative systems. TCI is a generalization of the conceptual frameworks underlying mechanics and thermodynamics. It defines exergy with respect to the positive-temperature surro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dissipative Structuring in Life)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,766 Views
12 Pages

17 September 2023

This work revisits the number of limit cycles (LCs) in a piecewise smooth system of Hamiltonian with a heteroclinic loop generalization, subjected to perturbed functions through polynomials of degree m. By analyzing the asymptotic expansion (AE) of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Mathematical Method and Models in Dynamic System)
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55 Citations
9,292 Views
17 Pages

Unraveling the Diverse Roles of Neglected Genes Containing Domains of Unknown Function (DUFs): Progress and Perspective

  • Peiyun Lv,
  • Jinlu Wan,
  • Chunting Zhang,
  • Aiman Hina and ,
  • G M Al Amin,
  • Naheeda Begum and
  • Tuanjie Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 February 2023

Domain of unknown function (DUF) is a general term for many uncharacterized domains with two distinct features: relatively conservative amino acid sequence and unknown function of the domain. In the Pfam 35.0 database, 4795 (24%) gene families belong...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Molecular Plant Sciences)
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10 Citations
3,537 Views
13 Pages

4 February 2023

Constitutive relations are fundamental and essential to characterize physical systems. By utilizing the κ-deformed functions, some constitutive relations are generalized. We here show some applications of the Kaniadakis distributions, based on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Twenty Years of Kaniadakis Entropy: Current Trends and Future Perspectives)
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2,825 Views
16 Pages

17 December 2020

It is known that the quasi-arithmetic means can be characterized in various ways, with an essential role of a symmetry property. In the expected utility theory, the quasi-arithmetic mean is called the certainty equivalent and it is applied, e.g., in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Functional Equations and Inequalities)
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402 Views
17 Pages

13 February 2026

Multi-composite activated neural network operators can be understood as positive linear operators, allowing them to be analyzed using standard, established theory. Formed by composing multiple general activation functions, these operators act upon co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Applications, 3rd Edition)
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2 Citations
1,982 Views
22 Pages

16 August 2023

The traditional theory of chaotic intermittency developed for return maps hypothesizes a uniform density of reinjected points from the chaotic zone to the laminar one. In the past few years, we have described how the reinjection probability density f...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
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8 Citations
1,537 Views
9 Pages

12 September 2023

In this study, we present a novel family of holomorphic and bi-univalent functions, denoted as EΩ(η,ε;Ϝ). We establish the coefficient bounds for this family by utilizing the generalized telephone numbers. Additionally, we solv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Geometric Theory of Analytic Functions)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,779 Views
23 Pages

29 August 2022

There is no well-defined utility function for existing multipath TCP algorithms. Therefore, network utility maximization (NUM) for MPTCP is a complex undertaking. To resolve this, we develop a novel condition under which Kelly’s NUM mechanism m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5G Wireless Communication Networks)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,119 Views
21 Pages

3 February 2022

We aim to introduce the quadratic-additive functional equation (shortly, QA-functional equation) and find its general solution. Then, we study the stability of the kind of Hyers-Ulam result with a view of the aforementioned functional equation by uti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Equations: Theory, Methods, and Applications II)

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