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

DOI10.1007/S00010-017-0521-8MaRDI QIDQ1647762zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Péter Kutas

Publication date 26 June 2018

Published in Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.08684, http://eprints.sztaki.hu/9541/

zbMATH Keywords

additive functionsfinite fieldvaluation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Functional equations for real functions (39B22) Functional equations for functions with more general domains and/or ranges (39B52) Curves over finite and local fields (11G20)

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 $mathbb{F}_p$, 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.

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