Unitary convolution for arithmetical functions in several variables (Q2504341)

Let \(R\) be an integral domain. The authors consider the ring \(A_r(R)\) of all \(R\)-valued arithmetic functions in \(r\) variables, with the analogue of unitary convolution as multiplication. They introduce a set of norms in \(A_r(R)\), and show that this ring is complete under every such norm. With every additive function \(\psi\in A_r(R)\) a derivation is associated by the formula \(f\mapsto f\psi\) and some properties of these derivations are established.