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Multiplicative Functions on Shifted Primes

Number Theory 2021-07-27 v2

Abstract

Let ff be a positive multiplicative function and let k2k\geq 2 be an integer. We prove that if the prime values f(p)f(p) converge to 11 sufficiently slowly as p+p\rightarrow +\infty, in the sense that pf(p)1=\sum_{p}|f(p)-1|=\infty, there exists a real number c>0c>0 such that the kk-tuples (f(p+1),,f(p+k))(f(p+1),\ldots,f(p+k)) are dense in the hypercube [0,c]k[0,c]^k or in [c,+)k[c,+\infty)^k. In particular, the values f(p+1),,f(p+k)f(p+1),\ldots,f(p+k) can be put in any increasing order infinitely often. Our work generalises previous results of De Koninck and Luca.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2104.03358,
  title  = {Multiplicative Functions on Shifted Primes},
  author = {Stelios Sachpazis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.03358},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

11 pages; Corrected a few typos of the previous version

R2 v1 2026-06-24T00:56:19.750Z