1. Introduction

The study of stability problems for functional equations is related to a question of Ulam [1] concerning the stability of group homomorphisms and it was affirmatively answered for Banach spaces by Hyers [2]. Subsequently, the result of Hyers was generalized by Aoki [3] for additive mappings and by Rassias [4] for linear mappings by considering an unbounded Cauchy difference. The article [4] of Rassias has provided a lot of influence in the development of what we now call Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of functional equations. For more informations on such problems, refer to the papers [515].

The functional equations

3 f x +  3 y + f 3 x - y =  15 f x + y +  15 f x - y +  8 0 f y ,
(1.1)
f 2 x + y + f 2 x - y =  2 f x + y +  2 f x - y +  12 f x
(1.2)

and

f 3 x + y + f 3 x - y =  3 f x + y +  3 f x - y +  48 f x
(1.3)

are called the cubic functional equations, since the function f(x) = cx3 is their solution. Every solution of the cubic functional equations is said to be a cubic mapping. The stability problem for the cubic functional equations was studied by Jun and Kim [16] for mappings f : XY, where X is a real normed space and Y is a Banach space. Later a number of mathematicians worked on the stability of some types of cubic equations [4, 1719]. Furthermore, Mirmostafaee and Moslehian [20], Mirmostafaee et al. [21], Alsina [22], Miheţ and Radu [23] and others [2428] investigated the stability in the settings of fuzzy, probabilistic, and random normed spaces.

2. Preliminaries

In this section, we recall some definitions and results which are needed to prove our main results.

A triangular norm (shorter t-norm) is a binary operation on the unit interval [0,1], i.e., a function T : [0,1] × [0,1] → [0,1] such that for all a, b, c ∈ [0,1] the following four axioms are satisfied:

  1. (i)

    T (a, b) = T (b, a) (: commutativity);

  2. (ii)

    T (a, (T (b, c))) = T (T (a, b), c) (: associativity);

  3. (iii)

    T (a, 1) = a (: boundary condition);

  4. (iv)

    T (a, b) ≤ T (a, c) whenever bc (: monotonicity).

Basic examples are the Lukasiewicz t-norm T L , T L (a, b) = max(a + b - 1, 0) ∀a, b ∈ [0,1] and the t-norms T P , T M , T D , where T P (a, b) := ab, T M (a, b) := min{a, b},

T D a , b : = min a , b , if max a , b = 1 ; 0 , otherwise .

If T is a t-norm then x T n is defined for every x ∈ [0,1] and nN ∪ {0} by 1, if n = 0 and T x T n - 1 , x , if n ≥ 1. A t-norm T is said to be of Hadžić-type (we denote by T) if the family x T n n N is equicontinuous at x = 1 (cf. [29]).

Other important triangular norms are (see [30]):

  • the Sugeno-Weber family T λ SW λ - 1 , is defined by T - 1 SW = T D , T SW = T P and

    T λ SW x , y = max 0 , x + y - 1 + λ x y 1 + λ

if λ ∈ (-1, ∞).

  • the Domby family T λ D λ 0 , , defined by TD, if λ = 0, TM, if λ = ∞ and

    T λ D ( x , y ) = 1 1 + 1 - x x λ + 1 - y y λ 1 / λ

if λ ∈ (0, ∞).

  • the Aczel-Alsina family T λ AA λ 0 , , defined by TD, if λ = 0, TM, if λ = ∞ and

    T λ AA x , y = e - log x λ + log y λ 1 / λ

if λ ∈ (0, ∞).

A t-norm T can be extended (by associativity) in a unique way to an n-array operation taking for (x1, . . . , x n ) ∈ [0,1]n the value T (x1, . . . , x n ) defined by

T i = 1 0 x i = 1 , T i = 1 n x i = T T i = 1 n - 1 x i , x n = T x 1 , . . . , x n .

T can also be extended to a countable operation taking for any sequence (x n ) n∈N in [0,1] the value

T i = 1 x i = lim n T i = 1 n x i .
(2.1)

The limit on the right side of (2.1) exists, since the sequence T i = 1 n x i n is non-increasing and bounded from below.

Proposition 2.1. [30] (1) For TT L the following implication holds:

lim n T i = 1 x n + i = 1 n = 1 ( 1 - x n ) < .
  1. (2)

    If T is of Hadžić-type then

    lim n T i = 1 x n + i = 1

for every sequence {x n }nNin [0, 1] such that li m n x n = 1 .

  1. (3)

    If T { T λ AA } λ ( 0 , ) { T λ D } λ ( 0 , ) , then

    lim n T i = 1 x n + i = 1 n = 1 ( 1 - x n ) α < .
  2. (4)

    If T { T λ sw } λ [ - 1 , ) , then

    lim n T i = 1 x n + i = 1 n = 1 ( 1 - x n ) < .

3. -Fuzzy normed spaces

The theory of fuzzy sets was introduced by Zadeh [31]. After the pioneering study of Zadeh, there has been a great effort to obtain fuzzy analogs of classical theories. Among other fields, a progressive development is made in the field of fuzzy topology [3240, 4350]. One of the problems in -fuzzy topology is to obtain an appropriate concept of -fuzzy metric spaces and -fuzzy normed spaces. Saadati and Park [40], respectively, introduced and studied a notion of intuitionistic fuzzy metric (normed) spaces and then Deschrijver et al. [41] generalized the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy metric (normed) spaces and studied a notion of -fuzzy metric spaces and -fuzzy normed spaces (also, see [41, 42, 5155]). In this section, we give some definitions and related lemmas for our main results.

In this section, we give some definitions and related lemmas which are needed later.

Definition 3.1 ([43]). Let L= ( L , L ) be a complete lattice and U be a non-empty set called universe. A -fuzzy set on U is defined as a mapping A:UL. For any uU, A u represents the degree (in L) to which u satisfies .

Lemma 3.2 ([44]). Consider the set L* and operation L * defined by:

L * = { ( x 1 , x 2 ) : ( x 1 , x 2 ) [ 0 , 1 ] 2 a n d x 1 + x 2 1 } ,

( x 1 , x 2 ) L * ( y 1 , y 2 ) x 1 y 1 and x 2 y 2 for all (x1, x2), (y1, y2) ∈ L*. Then (L*, ≤ L* ) is a complete lattice.

Definition 3.3 ([45]). An intuitionistic fuzzy set A ζ , η on a universe U is an object A ζ , η = { ( ζ A ( u ) , η A ( u ) ) : u U } , where, for all uU, ζ A ( u ) [ 0 , 1 ] and η A ( u ) [ 0 , 1 ] are called the membership degree and the non-membership degree, respectively, of u in A ζ , η and, furthermore, satisfy ζ A ( u ) + η A ( u ) 1.

In Section 2, we presented the classical definition of t-norm, which can be easily extended to any lattice L= ( L , L ) . Define first 0 L =infL and 1 L =supL.

Definition 3.4. A triangular norm (t-norm) on is a mapping T: L 2 L satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    for any xL,T ( x , 1 L ) =x (: boundary condition);

  2. (ii)

    for any ( x , y ) L 2 ,T ( x , y ) =T ( y , x ) (: commutativity);

  3. (iii)

    for any ( x , y , z ) L 3 ,T ( x , T ( y , z ) ) =T ( T ( x , y ) , z ) (: associativity);

  4. (iv)

    for any ( x , x , y , y ) L 4 ,x L x and y L y T ( x , y ) L T ( x , y ) (: monotonicity).

A t-norm can also be defined recursively as an (n + 1)-array operation (n ∈ N \ {0}) by T 1 =T and

T n ( x ( 1 ) , , x ( n + 1 ) ) = T ( T n - 1 ( x ( 1 ) , , x ( n ) ) , x ( n + 1 ) ) , n 2 , x ( i ) L .

The t-norm M defined by

M ( x , y ) = x if  x L y y if  y L x

is a continuous t-norm.

Definition 3.5. A t-norm T on L* is said to be t-representable if there exist a t-norm T and a t-conorm S on [0,1] such that

T ( x , y ) = ( T ( x 1 , y 1 ) , S ( x 2 , y 2 ) ) , x = ( x 1 , x 2 ) , y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) L * .

Definition 3.6. A negation on is any strictly decreasing mapping N:LLsatisfying N ( 0 L ) = 1 L and N ( 1 L ) = 0 L . If N ( N ( x ) ) =xfor all xL, then is called an involutive negation.

In this article, let N:LL be a given mapping. The negation N s on ([0,1], ≤) defined as N s (x) = 1 - x for all x ∈ [0, 1] is called the standard negation on ([0,1], ≤).

Definition 3.7. The 3-tuple ( V , P , T ) is said to be a -fuzzy normed space if V is a vector space, T is a continuous t-norm on and is a -fuzzy set on V × ] 0 , + [ satisfying the following conditions: for all x, yV and t, s ∈]0, +∞[,

  1. (i)

    0 L < L P ( x , t ) ;

  2. (ii)

    P ( x , t ) = 1 L if and only if x = 0;

  3. (iii)

    P ( α x , t ) = P ( x , t | α | ) for all α ≠ 0;

  4. (iv)

    T ( P ( x , t ) , P ( y , s ) ) L P ( x + y , t + s ) ;

  5. (v)

    P ( x , · ) : ] 0 , [ L is continuous;

  6. (vi)

    lim t 0 P ( x , t ) = 0 L and lim t P ( x , t ) = 1 L .

In this case, is called a -fuzzy norm. If P= P μ , ν is an intuitionistic fuzzy set and the t-norm T is t-representable, then the 3-tuple ( V , P μ , v , T ) is said to be an intuitionistic fuzzy normed space.

Definition 3.8. (1) A sequence {x n } in X is called a Cauchy sequence if, for any εL\ { 0 L } and t > 0, there exists a positive integer n0 such that

N ( ε ) < L P ( x n + p - x n , t ) , n n 0 , p > 0 .
  1. (2)

    If every Cauchy sequence is convergent, then the -fuzzy norm is said to be complete and the -fuzzy normed space is called a -fuzzy Banach space, where is an involutive negation.

  2. (3)

    The sequence {x n } is said to be convergent to xV in the -fuzzy normed space ( V , P , T ) (denoted by x n P x)if P ( x n - x , t ) 1 L , whenever n → + ∞ for all t > 0.

Lemma 3.9 ([46]). Let P be a -fuzzy norm on V. Then

  1. (1)

    For all ×V, P ( x , t ) is nondecreasing with respect to t.

  2. (2)

    P ( x - y , t ) =P ( y - x , t ) for all x, yV and t ∈ ]0, +∞ [.

Definition 3.10. Let ( V , P , T ) be a -fuzzy normed space. For any t ∈ ]0, +∞[, we define the open ball B(x, r, t) with center xV and radius rL\ { 0 L , 1 L } as

B ( x , r , t ) = { y V : N ( r ) < L P ( x - y , t ) } .

4. Stability result in -fuzzy normed spaces

In this section, we study the stability of functional equations in -fuzzy normed spaces.

Theorem 4.1. Let X be a linear space and ( Y , P , T ) be a complete -fuzzy normed space. If f : ×Y is a mapping with f (0) = 0 and Q is a -fuzzy set on X2 × (0, ) with the following property:

P ( 3 f ( x + 3 y ) + f ( 3 x - y ) - 15 f ( x + y ) - 15 f ( x - y ) - 80 f ( y ) , t ) L Q ( x , y , t ) , x , y X , t > 0 .
(4.1)

If

T i = 1 ( Q ( 3 n + i - 1 x , 0 , 3 3 n + 2 i + 1 t ) ) = 1 L , x X , t > 0 ,

and

lim n Q ( 3 n x , 3 n y , 3 3 n t ) = 1 L , x , y X , t > 0 ,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T i = 1 ( Q ( 3 i - 1 x , 0 , 3 2 i + 2 t ) ) , x X , t > 0 .
(4.2)

Proof. We brief the proof because it is similar as the random case [47, 27]. Putting y = 0 in (4.1), we have

P f ( 3 x ) 27 - f ( x ) , t L * Q ( x , 0 , 3 3 t ) , x X , t > 0 .

Therefore, it follows that

P f ( 3 k + 1 x ) 3 3 ( k + 1 ) - f ( 3 k x ) 3 3 k , t 3 k + 1 L Q ( 3 k x , 0 , 3 2 ( k + 1 ) t ) . k 1 , t > 0 .

By the triangle inequality, it follows that

P f ( 3 n x ) 27 n - f ( x ) , t L T i = 1 n ( Q ( 3 i - 1 x , 0 , 3 2 i + 2 t ) ) , x X , t > 0 .
(4.3)

In order to prove the convergence of the sequence f ( 3 n x ) 27 n , we replace x with 3mx in (4.3) to find that, for all m, n > 0,

P f ( 3 n + m x ) 27 ( n + m ) - f ( 3 m x ) 27 m , t L T i = 1 n ( Q ( 3 i + m - 1 x , 0 , 3 2 i + 3 m + 2 t ) ) , x X , t > 0 .

Since the right-hand side of the inequality tends to 1 L as m tends to infinity, the sequence f ( 3 n x ) 3 3 n is a Cauchy sequence. Thus, we may define C ( x ) = lim n f ( 3 n x ) 3 3 n for all xX. Replacing x, y with 3nx and 3ny, respectively, in (4.1), it follows that C is a cubic mapping. To prove (4.2), take the limit as n → ∞ in (4.3). To prove the uniqueness of the cubic mapping C subject to (4.2), let us assume that there exists another cubic mapping C' which satisfies (4.2). Obviously, we have C(3nx) = 33nC(x) and C'(3nx) = 33nC'(x) for all xX and n ∈ ℕ. Hence it follows from (4.2) that

P C ( x ) - C ( x ) , t L P C ( 3 n x ) - C ( 3 n x ) , 3 3 n t L T P C ( 3 n x ) - f ( 3 n x ) , 3 3 n - 1 t , P f ( 3 n x ) - C ( 3 n x ) , 2 3 n - 1 t L T T i = 1 ( Q ( 3 n + i - 1 x , 0 , 3 3 n + 2 i + 1 t ) ) , T i = 1 ( Q ( 3 n + i - 1 x , 0 , 3 3 n + 2 i + 1 t ) = T ( 1 L , 1 L ) = 1 L , x X , t > 0 ,

which proves the uniqueness of C. This completes the proof.

Theorem 4.2. Let X be a linear space and ( Y , P , T ) be a complete -fuzzy normed space. If f : XY is a mapping with f (0) = 0 and Q is a -fuzzy set on X2 × (0, ∞) with the following property:

P ( f ( 2 x + y ) + f ( 2 x - y ) - 2 f ( x + y ) - 2 f ( x - y ) - 12 f ( x ) , t )
(4.4)
L Q ( x , y , t ) , x , y X , t > 0 .

If

T i = 1 ( Q ( 2 n + i - 1 x , 0 , 2 3 n + 2 i + 1 t ) ) = 1 L , x X , t > 0 ,

and

lim n Q ( 2 n x , 2 n y , 2 3 n t ) = 1 L , x , y X , t > 0 ,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T i = 1 ( Q ( 2 i - 1 x , 0 , 2 2 i + 1 t ) ) , x X , t > 0 .
(4.5)

Proof. We omit the proof because it is similar as the last theorem and see [28].

Corollary 4.3. Let ( X , P , T ) be -fuzzy normed space and ( Y , P , T ) be a complete -fuzzy normed space. If f : XY is a mapping such that

P ( f ( 2 x + y ) + f ( 2 x - y ) - 2 f ( x + y ) - 2 f ( x - y ) - 12 f ( x ) , t )
L P ( x + y , t ) , x , y X , t > 0 ,

and

lim n T i = 1 ( P ( x , 2 2 n + i + 2 t ) ) = 1 L , x X , t > 0 ,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T i = 1 ( P ( x , 2 i + 2 t ) ) , x X , t > 0 .

Proof. See [28].

Now, we give an example to validate the main result as follows:

Example 4.4 ([28]). Let (X, || · ||) be a Banach space, ( X , P μ , ν , T M ) be an intuitionistic fuzzy normed space in which T M ( a , b ) = ( min { a 1 , b 1 } , max { a 2 , b 2 } ) and

P μ , ν ( x , t ) = t t + | | x | | , | | x | | t + | | x | | , x X , t > 0 ,

also ( Y , P μ , ν , T M ) be a complete intuitionistic fuzzy normed space. Define a mapping f : XY by f (x) = x3 + x0 for all xX, where x0 is a unit vector in X. A straightforward computation shows that

P μ , ν ( f ( 2 x + y ) + f ( 2 x - y ) - 2 f ( x + y ) - 2 f ( x - y ) - 12 f ( x ) , t ) L * P μ , ν ( x + y , t ) , x , y X , t > 0 .

Also, we have

lim n T M , i = 1 ( P μ , ν ( x , 2 2 n + i + 1 t ) ) = lim n lim m T M , i = 1 m ( P μ , ν ( x , 2 2 n + i + 1 t ) ) = lim n lim m P μ , ν ( x , 2 2 n + 2 t ) = lim n P μ , ν ( x , 2 2 n + 2 t ) = 1 L * .

Therefore, all the conditions of Theorem 4.2 hold and so there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P μ , ν ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L * P μ , ν ( x , 2 2 t ) , x X , t > 0 .

5. Non-Archimedean L-fuzzy normed spaces

In 1897, Hensel [?] introduced a field with a valuation in which does not have the Archimedean property.

Definition 5.1. Let be a field. A non-Archimedean absolute value on is a function ||:K [ 0 , + [ such that, for any a, b ∈ ,

  1. (i)

    |a| ≥ 0 and equality holds if and only if a = 0;

  2. (ii)

    |ab| = |a| |b|;

  3. (iii)

    |a + b| ≤ max {|a|, |b|} (: the strict triangle inequality).

Note that |n| ≤ 1 for each integer n ≥ 1. We always assume, in addition, that | · | is non-trivial, i.e., there exists a0 such that |a0| ≠ 0, 1.

Definition 5.2. A non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space is a triple ( V , P , T ) , where V is a vector space, is a continuous t-norm on and is a -fuzzy set on V × ]0, +∞[ satisfying the following conditions: for all x, yV and t, s ∈ ]0, +∞[,

  1. (i)

    0 L < L P ( x , t ) ;

  2. (ii)

    P ( x , t ) = 1 L if and only if x = 0;

  3. (iii)

    P ( α x , t ) = P ( x , t | α | ) for all α ≠ 0;

  4. (vi)

    T ( P ( x , t ) , P ( y , s ) ) L P ( x + y , max { t , s } ) ;

  5. (v)

    P ( x , ) :]0, [ L is continuous;

  6. (vi)

    lim t 0 P ( x , t ) = 0 L and lim t P ( x , t ) = 1 L .

Example 5.3. Let (X, || · ||) be a non-Archimedean normed linear space. Then the triple ( X , P , min ) , where

P ( x , t ) = 0 , if t | | x | | ; 1 , if t > | | x | | ,

is a non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space in which L = [0,1].

Example 5.4. Let (X, ||·||) be a non-Archimedean normed linear space. Denote T M ( a , b ) = ( min { a 1 , b 1 } , max { a 2 , b 2 } ) for all a = (a1, a2), b = (b1, b2) ∈ L* and P μ , ν be the intuitionistic fuzzy set on X × ]0, +∞[ defined as follows:

P μ , ν ( x , t ) = t t + | | x | | , | | x | | t + | | x | | ,xX,t + .

Then ( X , P μ , ν , T M ) is a non-Archimedean intuitionistic fuzzy normed space.

6. -fuzzy Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability for cubic functional equations in non-Archimedean-fuzzy normed space

Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over . In this section, we investigate the stability of the cubic functional equation (1.1).

Next, we define a -fuzzy approximately cubic mapping. Let Ψ be a -fuzzy set on X × X × [0, ∞) such that Ψ (x, y, ·) is nondecreasing,

Ψ ( c x , c x , t ) L Ψ x , x , t | c | ,xX,c0

and

lim t Ψ ( x , y , t ) = 1 L ,x,yX,t>0.

Definition 6.1. A mapping f : XY is said to be Ψ-approximately cubic if

P ( 3 f ( x + 3 y ) + f ( 3 x - y ) - 15 f ( x + y ) - 15 f ( x - y ) - 80 f ( y ) , t ) L Ψ ( x , y , t ) , x , y X , t > 0 .
(6.1)

Here, we assume that 3 ≠ 0 in (i.e., characteristic of is not 3).

Theorem 6.2. Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over : Let f: XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic mapping. If there exist a α ∈ ℝ (α > 0) and an integer k, k ≥ 2 with | 3k| < α and | 3| ≠ 1 such that

Ψ ( 3 - k x , 3 - k y , t ) L Ψ ( x , y , α t ) , x , y X , t > 0 ,
(6.2)

and

lim n T j = n M x , α j t | 3 | k j = 1 L ,xX,t>0,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 3 | k i , x X , t > 0 ,
(6.3)

where

M ( x , t ) :=T ( Ψ ( x , 0 , t ) , Ψ ( 3 x , 0 , t ) , , Ψ ( 3 k - 1 x , 0 , t ) ) ,xX,t>0.

Proof. First, we show, by induction on j, that, for all xX, t > 0 and j ≥ 1,

P ( f ( 3 j x ) - 2 7 j f ( x ) , t ) L M j ( x , t ) :=T ( Ψ ( x , 0 , t ) , , Ψ ( 3 j - 1 x , 0 , t ) ) .
(6.4)

Putting y = 0 in (6.1), we obtain

P ( f ( 3 x ) - 27 f ( x ) , t ) L Ψ ( x , 0 , t ) ,xX,t>0.

This proves (6.4) for j = 1. Let (6.4) hold for some j > 1. Replacing y by 0 and x by 3jx in (6.1), we get

P ( f ( 3 j + 1 x ) - 27 f ( 3 j x ) , t ) L Ψ ( 3 j x , 0 , t ) ,xX,t>0.

Since | 27| ≤ 1, it follows that

P ( f ( 3 j + 1 x ) - 2 7 j + 1 f ( x ) , t ) L T P ( f ( 3 j + 1 x ) - 27 f ( 3 j x ) , t ) , P ( 8 f ( 3 j x ) - 27 j + 1 f ( x ) , t ) = T P ( f ( 2 j + 1 x ) - 8 f ( 2 j x ) , t ) , P f ( 3 j x ) - 27 j f ( x ) , t | 27 | L T P ( f ( 3 j + 1 x ) - 27 f ( 3 j x ) , t ) , P ( f ( 3 j x ) - 27 j f ( x ) , t ) L T ( Ψ ( 3 j x , 0 , t ) , M j ( x , t ) ) = M j + 1 ( x , t ) , x X , t > 0 .

Thus (6.4) holds for all j ≥ 1. In particular, we have

P ( f ( 3 k x ) - 2 7 k f ( x ) , t ) L M ( x , t ) ,xX,t>0.
(6.5)

Replacing x by 3-(kn+k)x in (6.5) and using the inequality (6.2), we obtain

P f x 3 k n - 27 k f x 3 k n + k , t L M x 3 k n + k , t L M ( x , α n + 1 t ) x X , t > 0 , n 0

and so

P ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - ( 3 3 k ) n + 1 f x ( 3 k ) n + 1 , t L M x , α n + 1 | ( 3 3 k ) n | t L M x , α n + 1 | ( 3 k ) n | t , x X , t > 0 , n 0 .

Hence, it follow that

P ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - ( 3 3 k ) n + p f x ( 3 k ) n + p , t L T j = n n + p P 3 3 k j f x ( 3 k ) j - ( 3 3 k ) j + p f x ( 3 k ) j + p , t L T j = n n + p M x , α j + 1 | ( 3 k ) j | t , x X , t > 0 , n 0 .

Since lim n T j = n M x , α j + 1 | ( 3 k ) j | t = 1 L for all xX and t > 0, ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n n is a Cauchy sequence in the non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space ( Y , P , T ) . Hence we can define a mapping C : XY such that

lim n P ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - C ( x ) , t = 1 L , x X , t > 0 .
(6.6)

Next, for all n ≥ 1, xX and t > 0, we have

P ( f ( x ) ( 3 3 k ) n f ( x ( 3 k ) n ) , t ) = ( i = 0 n 1 ( 3 3 k ) i f ( x ( 3 k ) i ) ( 3 3 k ) i + 1 f ( x ( 3 k ) i + 1 ) , t ) L T i = 0 n 1 ( ( ( 3 3 k ) i f ( x ( 3 k ) i ) ( 3 3 k ) i + 1 f ( x ( 3 k ) i + 1 ) , t ) ) L T i = 0 n 1 ( x , α i + 1 t | 3 k | i )

and so

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T P f ( x ) - ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n , t , P ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - C ( x ) , t L P T i = 0 n - 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 3 k | i , P ( ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - C ( x ) , t ) .
(6.7)

Taking the limit as n → ∞ in (6.7), we obtain

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 3 k | i ,

which proves (6.3). As is continuous, from a well known result in -fuzzy (probabilistic) normed space (see, [51, Chap. 12]), it follows that

lim n P ( ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( x + 3 y ) ) + ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( 3 x - y ) ) - 15 ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( x + y ) ) - 15 ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( x - y ) ) - 80 ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n y ) , t ) = P ( C ( x + 3 y ) + C ( 3 x - y ) - 15 C ( x + y ) - 15 C ( x - y ) - 80 C ( y ) , t ) , t > 0 .

On the other hand, replacing x, y by 3-knx, 3-kny in (6.1) and (6.2), we get

P ( ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( x + 3 y ) ) + ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( 3 x - y ) ) - 15 ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( x + y ) ) - 15 ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n ( x - y ) ) - 80 ( 2 7 k ) n f ( 3 - k n y ) , t ) L Ψ 3 - k n x , 3 - k n y , t | 3 3 k | n L Ψ x , y , α n t | 3 k | n , x , y X , t > 0 .

Since lim n Ψ x , y , α n t | 3 k | n = 1 L , we infer that C is a cubic mapping.

For the uniqueness of C, let C' : XY be another cubic mapping such that

P ( C ( x ) - f ( x ) , t ) L M ( x , t ) ,xX,t>0.

Then we have, for all x, yX and t > 0,

P ( C ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T P C ( x ) - ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n , t , P ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - C ( x ) , t , t ) .

Therefore, from (6.6), we conclude that C = C'. This completes the proof.

Corollary 6.3. Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over under a t-norm. Let f: XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic mapping. If there exist α ∈ ℝ (α > 0),| 3| ≠ 1 and an integer k, k ≥ 3 with | 3k| < α such that

Ψ ( 3 - k x , 3 - k y , t ) L Ψ ( x , y , α t ) ,x,yX,t>0,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 3 | k i ,xX,t>0,

where

M ( x , t ) :=T ( Ψ ( x , 0 , t ) , Ψ ( 3 x , 0 , t ) , , Ψ ( 3 k - 1 x , 0 , t ) ) ,xX,t>0.

Proof. Since

lim n M x , α j t | 3 | k j = 1 L ,xX,t>0,

and is of Hadžić type, it follows from Proposition 2.1 that

lim n T j = n M x , α j t | 3 | k j = 1 L ,xX,t>0.

Now, if we apply Theorem 6.2, we get the conclusion.

Now, we give an example to validate the main result as follows:

Example 6.4. Let (X, || · ||) be a non-Archimedean Banach space, ( X , P μ , ν , T M ) be non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space (intuitionistic fuzzy normed space) in which

P μ , ν ( x , t ) = t t + | | x | | , | | x | | t + | | x | | ,xX,t>0,

and ( Y , P μ , ν , T M ) be a complete non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space (intuitionistic fuzzy normed space) (see, Example 5.4). Define

Ψ ( x , y , t ) = t 1 + t , 1 1 + t ,x,yX,t>0.

It is easy to see that (6.2) holds for α = 1. Also, since

M ( x , t ) = t 1 + t , 1 1 + t ,xX,t>0,

we have

lim n T M , j = n M x , α j t | 3 | k j = lim n lim m T M , j = n m M x , t | 3 | k j = lim n lim m t t + | 3 k | n , | 2 k | n t + | 3 k | n = ( 1 , 0 ) = 1 L * , x X , t > 0 .

Let f : XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic mapping. Therefore, all the conditions of Theorem 6.2 hold and so there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P μ , ν ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L * t t + | 3 k | , | 3 k | t + | 3 k | ,xX,t>0.

Definition 6.5. A mapping f : XY is said to be Ψ-approximately cubic I if

P ( f ( 2 x + y ) + f ( 2 x - y ) - 2 f ( x + y ) - 2 f ( x - y ) - 12 f ( x ) , t )
(6.8)
L Ψ ( x , y , t ) , x , y X , t > 0 .

In this section, we assume that 2 ≠ 0 in (i.e., the characteristic of is not 2).

Theorem 6.6. Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over. Let f : XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic I mapping. If | 2| ≠ 1 and for some α ∈ ℝ, α > 0, and some integer k, k ≥ 2 with | 2k| < α,

Ψ ( 2 - k x , 2 - k y , t ) L Ψ ( x , y , α t ) ,x,yX,t>0,
(6.9)

and

lim n T j = n M x , α j t | 2 | k j = 1 L ,xX,t>0,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 2 | k i , x X , t > 0 ,
(6.10)

where

M ( x , t ) :=T ( Ψ ( x , 0 , t ) , Ψ ( 2 x , 0 , t ) , , Ψ ( 2 k - 1 x , 0 , t ) ) ,xX,t>0.

Proof. We omit the proof because it is similar as the random case (see, [28]).

Corollary 6.7. Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over under a t-norm . Let f : XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic I mapping. If there exist a α ∈ ℝ (α > 0) and an integer k, k ≥ 2 with |2k| < α such that

Ψ ( 2 - k x , 2 - k y , t ) L Ψ ( x , y , α t ) ,x,yX,t>0,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 2 | k i ,xX,t>0,

where

M ( x , t ) :=T ( Ψ ( x , 0 , t ) , Ψ ( 2 x , 0 , t ) , , Ψ ( 2 k - 1 x , 0 , t ) ) ,xX,t>0.

Proof. Since

lim n M x , α j t | 2 | k j = 1 L ,xX,t>0,

and is of Hadžić type, it follows from Proposition 2.1 that

lim n T j = n M x , α j t | 2 | k j = 1 L ,xX,t>0.

Now, if we apply Theorem 6.2, we get the conclusion.

Now, we give an example to validate the main result as follows:

Example 6.8. Let (X, || · || be a non-Archimedean Banach space, ( X , P μ , ν , T M ) be non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space (intuitionistic fuzzy normed space) in which

P μ , ν ( x , t ) = t t + | | x | | , | | x | | t + | | x | | ,xX,t>0,

and ( Y , P μ , ν , T M ) be a complete non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space (intuitionistic fuzzy normed space) (see, Example 5.4). Define

Ψ ( x , y , t ) = t 1 + t , 1 1 + t ,x,yX,t>0.

It is easy to see that (6.9) holds for α = 1. Also, since

M ( x , t ) = t 1 + t , 1 1 + t ,xX,t>0,

we have

lim n T M , j = n M x , α j t | 2 | k j = lim n lim m T M , j = n m M x , t | 2 | k j = lim n lim m t t + | 2 k | n , | 2 k | n t + | 2 k | n = ( 1 , 0 ) = 1 L * , x X , t > 0 .

Let f : XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic I mapping. Therefore, all the conditions of Theorem 6.6 hold and so there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that

P μ , ν ( f ( x ) - C ( x ) , t ) L * t t + | 2 k | , | 2 k | t + | 2 k | ,xX,t>0.

Definition 6.9. A mapping f : XY is said to be Ψ-approximately cubic II if

P f 3 x + y + f 3 x - y - 3 f x + y - 3 f x - y - 48 f x , t L Ψ x , y , t , x , y X , t > 0 .
(6.11)

Here, we assume that 3 ≠ 0 in (i.e., the characteristic of is not 3).

Theorem 6.10. Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over . Let f : XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic II function. If |3| ≠ 1 and, for some α ∈ ℝ, α > 0, and some integer k, k ≥ 3, with |3k| < α,

Ψ 3 - k x , 3 - k y , t L Ψ x , y , α t , x , y X , t > 0 ,
(6.12)

and

lim n T j = n M x , α j t | 3 | k j = 1 L , x X , t > 0 ,
(6.13)

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such tha

P f x - C x , t T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 3 | k i ,
(6.14)

for all ×X and t > 0, where

M x , t : = T Ψ x , 0 , 2 t , Ψ 3 x , 0 , 2 t , . . . , Ψ 3 k - 1 x , 0 , 2 t , x X , t > 0 .

Proof. First, we show, by induction on j, that, for all xX, t > 0 and j ≥ 1,

P f 3 j x - 27 j f x , t L M j x , t : = T Ψ x , 0 , 2 t , . . . , Ψ 3 j - 1 x , 0 , 2 t .
(6.15)

Put y = 0 in (6.11) to obtain

P f 3 x - 27 f x , t L Ψ x , 0 , 2 t , x X , t > 0 .
(6.16)

This proves (6.15) for j = 1. Let (6.15) hold for some j > 1. Replacing y by 0 and x by 3jx in (6.16), we get

P f 3 j + 1 x - 27 f 3 j x , t L Ψ 3 j x , 0 , 2 t , x X , t > 0 .

Since |27| ≤ 1, then we have

P f 3 j + 1 x - 27 j + 1 f x , t L T P f 3 j + 1 x - 27 f 3 j x , t , P 27 f 3 j x - 27 j + 1 f x , t = T P f 3 j + 1 x - 27 f 3 j x , t , P f 3 j x - 27 j f x , t | 27 | L T P f 3 j + 1 x - 27 f 3 j x , t , P f 3 j x - 27 j f x , t L T Ψ 3 j x , 0 , 2 t , M j x , t = M j + 1 x , t , x X .

Thus (6.15) holds for all j ≥ 1. In particular, it follows that

P f 3 k x - 27 k f x , t L M x , t , x X , t > 0 .
(6.17)

Replacing x by 3-(kn+k)x in (6.17) and using inequality (6.12) we obtain

P f x 3 k n - 27 k f x 3 k n + k , t L M x 3 k n + k , t L M x , α n + 1 t , x X , t > 0 , n 0 .
(6.18)

Then we have

P 3 3 k n f x 3 3 k n - 3 3 k n + 1 f x 3 3 k n + 1 , t L M x , α n + 1 | 3 3 k n | t , x X , t > 0 , n 0 .
(6.19)

Hence we have

P f x 3 k n - 27 k f x 3 k n + k , t L M x 3 k n + k , t L M x , α n + 1 t , x X , t > 0 , n 0 .

Since lim n T j = n M x , α j + 1 3 3 k j t = 1 L for all xX and t > 0, {kn f (k--nx)} n∈N is a Cauchy sequence in the non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space ( Y , P , T ) . Hence we can define a mapping C : XY such that

lim n P ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n - C ( x ) , t = 1 L , x X , t > 0 .
(6.20)

Next, for all n ≥ 1, xX and t > 0,

P f ( x ) - ( 3 3 k ) n f x ( 3 k ) n , t = P i = 0 n - 1 ( 3 3 k ) i f x ( 3 k ) i - ( 3 3 k ) i + 1 f x ( 3 k ) i + 1 , t L T i = 0 n - 1 P ( 3 3 k ) i f x ( 3 k ) i - ( 3 3 k ) i + 1 f x ( 3 k ) i + 1 , t L T i = 0 n - 1 M x , α i + 1 t | 3 3 k | i .
(6.21)

Therefore, we have

P f x - C x , t L T P f x - 3 3 k n f x 3 k n , t , P 3 3 k n f x 3 k n - C x , t L P T i = 0 n - 1 M x , α i + 1 t 3 3 k i , P 3 3 k n f x 3 k n - C x , t .

By letting n → ∞ in the above inequality, we obtain

P f x - C x , t L T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t 3 3 k i , x X , t < 0 .

This proves (6.14). Since T is continuous, from the well known result in -fuzzy (probabilistic) normed space (see, [51, Chap. 12]), it follows that

lim n P 3 k n f 3 - k n 3 x + y + 3 k n f 3 - k n 3 x - y - 3 3 k n f 3 - k n ( x + y - 3 3 k n f 3 - k n x - y - 48 3 k n f 3 - k n x , t ) = P C 3 x + y + C 3 x - y - 3 C x + y - 3 C x - y - 48 C x , t , t > 0 .

On the other hand, replace x, y by 3-knx, 3-kny in (6.11) and (6.12) to get

P 3 k n f 3 - k n 3 x + y + 3 k n f 3 - k n 3 x - y - 3 3 k n f 3 - k n x + y - 3 3 k n f 3 - k n x - y - 48 3 k n f 3 - k n y , t ) L Ψ 3 - k n x , 3 - k n y , t 3 k n L Ψ x , y , α n t 3 k n , x , y X , t > 0 .

Since lim n Ψ x , y , α n t 3 k n = 1 L , we infer that C is a cubic mapping.

If C :XY is another cubic mapping such that P C x - f x , t L M x , t for all xX and t > 0, then, for all n ≥ 1, xX and t > 0,

P C x - C x , t L T P ( C x - 3 3 k n f x 3 k n , t ) , P ( ( 3 3 k ) n f x 3 k n - C x , t ) , t ) .

Thus, from (6.20), we conclude that C = C . This completes the proof.

Corollary 6.11. Let be a non-Archimedean field, X be a vector space over and ( Y , P , T ) . be a non-Archimedean -fuzzy Banach space over under a t-norm T. Let f : XY be a Ψ-approximately cubic II function. If, for some α ∈ ℝ, α > 0 and an integer k, k ≥ 3, with | 3k| < α,

Ψ 3 - k x , 3 - k y , t L Ψ x , y , α t , x X , t > 0 ,

then there exists a unique cubic mapping C : XY such that, for all ×X and t > 0,

P f x - C x , t L T i = 1 M x , α i + 1 t 3 k i ,

Where

M x , t : = T Ψ x , 0 , 2 t , Ψ 3 x , 0 , t , . . . , Ψ 3 k - 1 x , 0 , 2 t , x X , t > 0 .

Proof. Since

lim n M x , α j t 3 k j = 1 L , x X , t > 0 ,

and T is of Hadžić type, from Proposition 2.1, it follows that

lim n T j = n M x , α j t 3 k j = 1 L , x X , t > 0 .

Thus, if we apply Theorem 6.10, then we can get the conclusion. This completes the proof.

7. Conclusion

We established the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of the cubic functional equations (1.1), (1.2), and (1.3) in various fuzzy spaces. In Section 4, we proved the stability of functional equations (1.1), (1.2), and (1.3) in a -fuzzy normed space under arbitrary t-norm which is a generalization of [26]. In Section 6, we proved the stability of functional equations (1.1), (1.2), and (1.3) in a non-Archimedean -fuzzy normed space. We therefore provided a link among three various discipline: fuzzy set theory, lattice theory, and mathematical analysis.