On characterizations of completely multiplicative arithmetical functions

Publication date 19 April 2001

arithmetical function completely multiplicative Dirichlet convolution generalized von Mangoldt function

Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25)

For an (arithmetical) function \(f: \mathbb{N}\to \mathbb{C}\) and a positive integer \(k\) the generalized von Mangoldt function is defined by \(\Lambda_{f,k}= f^{-1}* (f\log^k)\), where \(f*g\) is the Dirichlet convolution and \(f^{-1}\) the Dirichlet inverse of \(f\). The author proves that an arithmetical function \(f\) with \(f(1)=1\) is completely multiplicative if and only if \(\Lambda_{f,k}= f\Lambda_{u,k}\), where \(u\) is the constant function 1, so \(\Lambda_{u,k}= \mu* \log^k\). The proof is in the framework of distributivity over the Dirichlet convolution.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0959.00053].

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