English

On the pointwise periodicity of multiplicative and additive functions

Number Theory 2026-04-21 v2

Abstract

We study the problem of estimating the number of points of coincidences of an idealized gap on the set of integers under a given multiplicative function g:NCg:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow \mathbb{C} respectively additive function f:NCf:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow \mathbb{C}. We obtain various lower bounds depending on the length of the period, by varying the worst growth rates of the ratios of their consecutive values.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2005.13217,
  title  = {On the pointwise periodicity of multiplicative and additive functions},
  author = {Theophilus Agama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.13217},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

11 pages; the paper has been reformatted and introduction rewritten