On the pointwise periodicity of multiplicative and additive functions

Abstract

We study the problem of estimating the number of points of coincidences of an idealized gap on the set of integers under a given multiplicative function $g:\mathbb{N}⟶\mathbb{C}$ respectively additive function $f:\mathbb{N}⟶\mathbb{C}$. We obtain various lower bounds depending on the length of the period, by varying the worst growth rates of the ratios of their consecutive values.

arXiv comment11 pages; the paper has been reformatted and introduction rewritten