Abstract
We prove that any 푞 ‐automatic multiplicative function 푓:ℕ→ℂ either essentially coincides with a Dirichlet character, or vanishes on all sufficiently large primes. This confirms a strong form of a conjecture of Bell, Bruin and Coons [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 364 (2012) 933–959].
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 185-188 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 23 Jan 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- 11B85 (primary)
- 68R15 (secondary)