Über algebraische Relationen zwischen additiven und multiplikativen Funktionen (Q798540)

Additive and multiplicative functions are defined as solutions of the corresponding Cauchy functional equations. Then results about the linear and algebraic independence of such functions are proved algebraically without any regularity assumptions about the functions. Among their results the authors show that if \(f_ 1,...,f_ n\) are linearly independent additive functions and \(g_ 1,...,g_ m\) are multiplicatively independent multiplicative functions then \(f_ 1,...,f_ n\), \(g_ 1,...,g_ m\) are algebraically independent. They also use generalized polynomials, as defined by \textit{S. Mazur} and \textit{W. Orlicz} [Stud. Math. 5, 50-68 (1935; Zbl 0013.21002)], to obtain the result that if \(f_ 1,...,f_ n\) are distinct multiplicative functions without any zeros, if \(P_ 1,...,P_ n\) are generalized polynomials then from \(\sum^{n}_{i=1}P_ if_ i=0\) it follows that all the \(P_ i=0.\) There are also results about polynomial ideals. For instance, linearly dependent additive functions \(g_ 1,...,g_ m\) are algebraically dependent and if \(P(g_ 1,...,g_ m)=0\) then \(P(y_ 1,...,y_ m)\) must belong to a polynomial ideal determined by the functions. There are similar results for multiplicatively dependent multiplicative functions \(f_ 1,...,f_ n\) and also for linearly dependent additive functions along with multiplicatively dependent multiplicative functions.