In this paper we characterize those bounded linear transformations carrying into the space of bounded continuous functions on , for which the convolution identity holds. It is shown that such a transformation is just the Fourier transform combined with an appropriate change of variable.
It is shown that, under some general algebraic conditions on fixed real numbers a,b,α,β, every solution f:ℝ → ℝ of the system of functional inequalities f(x+a) ≤ f(x)+α, f(x+b) ≤ f(x)+β that is continuous at some point must be a linear function (up to an additive constant). Analogous results for three other similar simultaneous systems are presented. An application to a characterization of -norm is given.