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On multiplicative automatic sequences

Number Theory 2023-03-14 v3 Formal Languages and Automata Theory Combinatorics

Abstract

We show that any automatic multiplicative sequence either coincides with a Dirichlet character or is identically zero when restricted to integers not divisible by small primes. This answers a question of Bell, Bruin and Coons. A similar result was obtained independently by Klurman and Kurlberg.

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@article{arxiv.1905.11981,
  title  = {On multiplicative automatic sequences},
  author = {Jakub Konieczny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.11981},
  year   = {2023}
}

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11 pages

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