Transcendence of generating functions whose coefficients are multiplicative

Details Transcendence of generating functions whose coefficients are multiplicative Transcendence of generating functions whose coefficients are multiplicative

2010-03-10

arxiv.org/abs/1003.2221v2

Mathematics

Number Theory

25 pages

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In this paper, we give a new proof and an extension of the following result of B\'ezivin. Let $f:\B{N}\to K$ be a multiplicative function taking values in a field $K$ of characteristic 0 and write $F(z)=\sum_{n\geq 1} f(n)z^n\in K[[z]]$ for its generating series. Suppose that $F(z)$ is algebraic over $K(z)$. Then either there is a natural number $k$ and a periodic multiplicative function $\chi(n)$ such that $f(n)=n^k \chi(n)$ for all $n$, or $f(n)$ is eventually zero. In particular, $F(z)$ is either transcendental or rational. For $K=\B{C}$, we also prove that if $F(z)$ is a $D$-finite generating series of a multiplicative function, then $F(z)$ is either transcendental or rational.

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