On the oscillations of multiplicative functions taking values 1.

DOI10.1016/S0022-314X(02)00024-0zbMATH Open1090.11062arXivmath/0208213MaRDI QIDQ1869788FDOQ1869788

Authors: Ernest S. III Croot 

Publication date: 28 April 2003

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For completely multiplicative functions f(n) taking values 1 and -1, under certain conditions on f(n) we show that f(n) changes sign at least x exp(-7(log log x)sqrt(log x)) times as n runs through the integers <= x.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0208213

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other results on the distribution of values or the characterization of arithmetic functions (11N64)

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