A062775 / editing needed
Jack Brennen
jack at brennen.net
Fri Dec 19 16:53:07 CET 2003
Gottfried Helms wrote:
> This multiplicativeness A(i*j) = A(i)*A(j) is only valid, if gcd(i,j)=1.
> ...
> Proposals:
> ...
> b) Field: Comment. It is more precise to say:
> "a(n) is partially multiplicative
> and for square-free integer i: a(i) = i^2"
Actually, the common definition of a multiplicative function
requires that we already have gcd(i,j)=1, and so the text in the OEIS
was correct to say multiplicative. (The 'partially' isn't required.)
Note that a function which is multiplicative without the requirement
of gcd()=1 is called Completely Multiplicative. See Mathworld:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MultiplicativeFunction.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CompletelyMultiplicativeFunction.html
Jack
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