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Exponential automorphisms and a problem of Mycielski

Number Theory 2022-09-05 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

An exponential automorphism of C\mathbf{C} is a function α:CC\alpha: \mathbf{C} \rightarrow \mathbf{C} such that α(z1+z2)=α(z1)+α(z2)\alpha(z_1 + z_2) = \alpha(z_1) + \alpha(z_2) and α(ez)=eα(z)\alpha\left( e^z \right) = e^{\alpha(z)} for all z,z1,z2Cz, z_1, z_2 \in \mathbf{C}. Jan Mycielski asked if α(ln2)=ln2\alpha(\ln 2) = \ln 2 and if α(21/k)=21/k\alpha(2^{1/k}) = 2^{1/k} for k=2,3,4k = 2, 3, 4 and for all exponential automorphisms α\alpha. These questions are answered modulo a multiple of 2πi2\pi i and a root of unity.

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@article{arxiv.2209.01027,
  title  = {Exponential automorphisms and a problem of Mycielski},
  author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.01027},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

5 pages. From a talk in the New York Number Theory Seminar on April 7, 2022

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