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Let \( \mathbb{K} \) be a field of real or complex numbers and \( \mathbb{K}_0 \) denote the set of nonzero elements of \( \mathbb{K} \). Let \( \mathbb{G} \) be an abelian group. In this paper, we solve the functional equation f 1 (x + y) + f 2 (x - y) = f 3 (x) + f 4 (y) + g(xy) by modifying the domain of the unknown functions f 3, f 4, and g from \( \mathbb{K} \) to \( \mathbb{K}_0 \) and using a method different from [3]. Using this result, we determine all functions f defined on \( \mathbb{K}_0 \) and taking values on \( \mathbb{G} \) such that the difference f(x + y) + f (x - y) - 2 f(x) - 2 f(y) depends only on the product xy for all x and y in \( \mathbb{K}_0 \)
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Chung, J.K., Sahoo, P.K. & Székelyhidi, L. On quadratic differences that depend on the product of arguments - revisited . Aequ. math. 67, 216–224 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-003-2702-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-003-2702-x