Some characterizations of totients (Q1912313): Difference between revisions

An arithmetical function \(f\) is a totient if it has the form \(f = g*h^{-1}\) with completely multiplicative functions \(g,h\) (star is Dirichlet convolution). A typical example is Euler's function \(\varphi = \text{id}* e^{-1}\). The author gives several characterizations of totients and proves their properties. The proofs are elementary.