HYERS-ULAM STABILITY OF MAPPINGS FROM A RING A INTO AN A-BIMODULE

We deal with the Hyers-Ulam stability problem of linear mappings from a vector space into a Banach one with respect to the following functional equation: $$f\(\frac{-x+y}{3}\)+f\(\frac{x-3z}{3}\)+f\(\frac{3x-y+3z}{3}\)=f(x)$$. We then combine this equation with other ones and establish the Hyers-Ulam stability of several kinds of linear mappings, among which the algebra (*-) homomorphisms, the derivations, the multipliers and others. We thus repair and improve some previous assertions in the literature.