On multiplicative functions satisfying a special relation

Authors J. Fehér, Imre Kátai, Bui Minh Phong

Publication date 14 March 1999

characterization of pairs of multiplicative functions completely multiplicative functions

Other results on the distribution of values or the characterization of arithmetic functions (11N64) Distribution of integers in special residue classes (11N69)

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The authors study pairs of completely multiplicative functions \(f\), \(g:{\mathbb N}\to\{0,1\}\) satisfying the identity \(f(n)=g(an+b)\) for all \(n\in\mathbb N\) and some fixed coprime \(a\), \(b\in\mathbb N\). They give a complete answer under the assumption that \(g(p)\) vanishes for all prime divisors \(p\) of \(b\), namely \(f(n)=1\) if and only if \((n,b)=1\), while \(g(n)=1\) if \((n,ab)=1\), and \(g(n)=0\) if \((n,b)>1\). The authors also give several related results: the aim is to find a complete characterization of pairs of multiplicative functions for which \(g(n+k)-f(n)\to 0\) as \(n\to\infty\). For \(f=g\) and \(k=1\), Wirsing proved that either \(f(n)=n^s\) for some fixed \(s\in\mathbb C\) with \(\text{Re}(s)<1\) or \(f(n)\to 0\) as \(n\to\infty\).

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