## Functiones et Approximatio Commentarii Mathematici

### A short remark on consecutive coincidences of a certain multiplicative function

Winfried Kohnen

#### Abstract

We study integral solutions $n$ of the equation $A(n+k)=A(n)$, where $A$ is a certain multiplicative function related to Jordan's totient function.

#### Article information

Source
Funct. Approx. Comment. Math., Volume 58, Number 1 (2018), 117-120.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 May 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.facm/1493949629

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.7169/facm/1659

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3780038

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06924920

#### Citation

Kohnen, Winfried. A short remark on consecutive coincidences of a certain multiplicative function. Funct. Approx. Comment. Math. 58 (2018), no. 1, 117--120. doi:10.7169/facm/1659. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.facm/1493949629

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