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Note on a problem of S\'ark\"ozy on multiplicative representation functions

Number Theory 2025-10-06 v2

Abstract

Motivated by a 2001 problem of S\'ark\"ozy, we classify all situations of the integers b,c,eb,c,e and ff satisfying \begin{align*} \limsup_{n\rightarrow\infty}|d(\mathcal{A},bn+c)-d(\mathcal{A},en+f)|=\infty \end{align*} for any infinite AN\mathcal{A}\subset \mathbb{N}, where d(A,m)=#{aA:am}. d(\mathcal{A},m)=\#\{a\in \mathcal{A}:a|m\}.

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@article{arxiv.2504.09545,
  title  = {Note on a problem of S\'ark\"ozy on multiplicative representation functions},
  author = {Yuchen Ding},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.09545},
  year   = {2025}
}

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to appear in European Journal of Combinatorics

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