A note on two conjectures associated to Goldbach's problem (Q2915403)

\textit{K.-K. Chen} and \textit{Y.-G. Chen} [Publ. Math. 76, No. 4, 425--430 (2010)] proposed the following two conjectures.NEWLINENEWLINE Conjecture 1. If \(f\) is a multiplicative function such that \(f(2)\neq 0\), \(f(3)=0\) and \(f(p)+f(q)=f(p+q)\) for all odd primes \(p\) and \(q\), then \(f(n)=0\) for all \(n\geq 5\).NEWLINENEWLINE Conjecture 2. If \(f\) is a multiplicative function such that \(f(2)=2\) and \(f(p)+f(q)=f(p+q)\) for all odd primes \(p\) and \(q\), then for \(n\geq 3\) NEWLINE\[NEWLINE f(2n)={1\over 3}f(3)((n-3)f(4)+12-2n) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE and NEWLINE\[NEWLINE f(2n-1)={1\over 3}f(3)((n-2)f(4)+7-2n). NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Concerning Conjecture 1, Chen and Chen remark that if \(f\) satisfies the conditions of Conjecture 1, then \(f(p) = 0\) for all primes \(p\geq 5\). Thus by induction on \(n\) we can prove that the Goldbach conjecture implies Conjecture 1. Thus, if Conjecture 1 is false, then the Goldbach conjecture is false. Regarding Conjecture 2, the present author shows that the following two cases can be considered: if \(f(p_0)\neq 0\) for some odd prime \(p_0\), then Conjecture 2 is true, and if \(f(p)=0\) for all odd primes \(p\), then Conjecture 2 is implied by Conjecture 1.