Algebraic conditions for additive functions over the reals and over finite fields

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DOI10.1007/S00010-017-0521-8zbMATH Open1403.39020arXiv1708.08684OpenAlexW2962774661MaRDI QIDQ1647762FDOQ1647762

Péter Kutas

Publication date: 26 June 2018

Published in: Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let C be an affine plane curve. We consider additive functions f:KightarrowK for which f(x)f(y)=0, whenever (x,y)inC. We show that if K=mathbbR and C is the hyperbola with defining equation xy=1, then there exist nonzero additive functions with this property. Moreover, we show that such a nonzero f exists for a field K if and only if K is transcendental over mathbbQ or over mathbbFp, the finite field with p elements. We also consider the general question when K is a finite field. We show that if the degree of the curve C is large enough compared to the characteristic of K, then f must be identically zero.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.08684




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