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MULTIPLICATIVE FUNCTIONS k-ADDITIVE ON GENERALISED OCTAGONAL NUMBERS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2024

ELCHIN HASANALIZADE*
Affiliation:
School of IT and Engineering, ADA University, Ahmadbey Aghaoghlu str. 61, Baku AZ1008, Azerbaijan
POO-SUNG PARK
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Education, Kyungnam University, Changwon 51767, Republic of Korea e-mail: pspark@kyungnam.ac.kr

Abstract

Let $k\geq 4$ be an integer. We prove that the set $\mathcal {O}$ of all nonzero generalised octagonal numbers is a k-additive uniqueness set for the set of multiplicative functions. That is, if a multiplicative function $f_k$ satisfies the condition

$$ \begin{align*} f_k(x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_k)=f_k(x_1)+f_k(x_2)+\cdots+f_k(x_k) \end{align*} $$

for arbitrary $x_1,\ldots ,x_k\in \mathcal {O}$, then $f_k$ is the identity function $f_k(n)=n$ for all $n\in \mathbb {N}$. We also show that $f_2$ and $f_3$ are not determined uniquely.

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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.

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