On \(q\)-quasiadditive and \(q\)-quasimultiplicative functions (Q521389)

Summary: In this paper, we introduce the notion of \(q\)-quasiadditivity of arithmetic functions, as well as the related concept of \(q\)-quasimultiplicativity, which generalise strong \(q\)-additivity and -multiplicativity, respectively. We show that there are many natural examples for these concepts, which are characterised by functional equations of the form \(f(q^{k+r}a + b) = f(a) + f(b)\) or \(f(q^{k+r}a + b) = f(a) f(b)\) for all \(b < q^k\) and a fixed parameter \(r\). In addition to some elementary properties of \(q\)-quasiadditive and \(q\)-quasimultiplicative functions, we prove characterisations of \(q\)-quasiadditivity and \(q\)-quasimultiplicativity for the special class of \(q\)-regular functions. The final main result provides a general central limit theorem that includes both classical and new examples as corollaries.