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On a Mikusiński—Jensen Functional Equation

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The following Mikusinski-Jensen type functional equation

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is investigated. The main result states that if I is an open real interval, or more generally, if I is a convex subset of a linear space whose intersection with straight lines is an open segment, then the above equation is equivalent to the so called Jensen functional equation.

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Lajkó, K., Páles, Z. (2002). On a Mikusiński—Jensen Functional Equation. In: Daróczy, Z., Páles, Z. (eds) Functional Equations — Results and Advances. Advances in Mathematics, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5288-5_6

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