In 1940, Ulam proposed the general Ulam stability problem see 1 . Let G1 be a group and let G2 be a metric group with the metric d ·, · . Given ε > 0, does there exist a δ > 0 such that if a mapping h : G1 → G2 satisfies the inequality d h xy , h x h y < δ for all x, y ∈ G1 then there is a homomorphism H : G1 → G2 with d h x ,H x < ε for all x ∈ G1? In 1941, this problem was solved by Hyers 2 i...