Subbarao–Fabrykowski conjecture on quasi-multiplicative functions

Let f:NZf:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow\mathbb{Z} be quasi-multiplicative, meaning that f(pn)=f(p)f(n)f(pn)=f(p)f(n) whenever pp is prime and pnp\nmid n. Define

Tf={p prime:nN, f(n+p)f(n)(modp)}.T_f=\left\{p\text{ prime}:\forall n\in\mathbb{N},\ f(n+p)\equiv f(n)\pmod p\right\}.

Subbarao–Fabrykowski conjecture. If TfT_f is infinite, then either f(n)=0f(n)=0 for every nNn\in\mathbb{N} or ff is a global power map, meaning f(n)=nkf(n)=n^k for some kN{0}k\in\mathbb{N}\cup\{0\}. The paper cites this as a conjecture of Subbarao and Fabrykowski and discusses progress toward it, including a positive-upper-density result.

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Nathan Jones, “A local-global principle for power maps”, arXiv:1406.1946 (2014).

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