LINEAR MAPPINGS, QUADRATIC MAPPINGS AND CUBIC MAPPINGS IN NORMED SPACES

It is shown that every almost linear mapping $h{\;}:{\;}X{\;}{\rightarrow}{\;}Y$ of a complex normed space X to a complex normed space Y is a linen. mapping when h(rx) = rh(x) (r > 0,$r\;{\neq}\;1$$x{\;}{\in}{\;}X$, that every almost quadratic mapping $h{\;}:{\;}X{\;}{\rightarrow}{\;}Y$ of a complex normed space X to a complex normed space Y is a quadratic mapping when $h(rx){\;}={\;}r^2h(x){\;}(r{\;}>{\;}0,r\;{\neq}\;1)$ holds for all $x{\;}{\in}{\;}X$, and that every almost cubic mapping $h{\;}:{\;}X{\;}{\rightarrow}{\;}Y$ of a complex normed space X to a complex normed space Y is a cubic mapping when $h(rx){\;}={\;}r^3h(x){\;}(r{\;}>{\;}0,r\;{\neq}\;1)$ holds for all $x{\;}{\in}{\;}X$.