Functional Equations and μ-Spherical Functions

Abstract

Abstract We will study the properties of solutions 𝑓, {𝑔𝑖}, {ℎ𝑖} ∈ 𝐶𝑏(𝐺) of the functional equation where 𝐺 is a Hausdorff locally compact topological group, 𝐾 a compact subgroup of morphisms of 𝐺, χ a character on 𝐾, and μ a 𝐾-invariant measure on 𝐺. This equation provides a common generalization of many functional equations (D'Alembert's, Badora's, Cauchy's, Gajda's, Stetkaer's, Wilson's equations) on groups. First we obtain the solutions of Badora's equation [Aequationes Math. 43: 72–89, 1992] under the condition that (𝐺,𝐾) is a Gelfand pair. This result completes the one obtained in [Badora, Aequationes Math. 43: 72–89, 1992] and [Elqorachi, Akkouchi, Bakali and Bouikhalene, Georgian Math. J. 11: 449–466, 2004]. Then we point out some of the relations of the general equation to the matrix Badora functional equation and obtain explicit solution formulas of the equation in question for some particular cases. The results presented in this paper may be viewed as a continuation and a generalization of Stetkær's, Badora's, and the authors' works.