On Integer-Valued Multiplicative Functions at Consecutive Integers

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Authors Alexander P. Mangerel

Publication date 16 June 2023

Abstract: Let $f:mathbbNightarrowmathbbZ$ be an integer-valued multiplicative function, for which ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{p : , |f(p)|

eq 1} frac{1}{p} = infty, quad sum_{p : , f(p) = 0} frac{1}{p} < infty. ${\displaystyle }$ We show under these conditions alone (and no further assumptions on the growth of $f$) that for any $hgeq1$, the set ${\displaystyle }$ {n in mathbb{N} : f(n) = f(n+h), , f(n)f(n+h)

eq 0}. ${\displaystyle }$ has logarithmic density 0. We present an application of (an extension of) this result to the sequence of Fourier coefficients of a non-CM holomorphic eigencusp form for $ext{SL}_2(mathbbZ)$. The proof employs a novel technique that allows us to analyse the value distribution of $f$ by means of the compositions $|f{|}^{it}$ and $chi(f)$ for varying, suitably chosen $tinmathbbR$ and Dirichlet characters $chi$, both of which are multiplicative functions taking values in the closed unit disc. Key inputs arise from the inverse theory of sumsets in discrete and continuous additive combinatorics.

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