ON THE EQUATION F(n² + m² + k) = H(n) + H(m) + K

Imre Kátai1, B. M. M. Khanh1, B. M. Phong1,
1 Department of Computer Algebra - Faculty of Informatics Eötvös - Loránd University

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Abstract

We give all solutions of the equation


F(n2 + m2 + k) = H(n) + H(m) + K  (n;m ∈ N),


where k ∈ N is the sum of two xed squares, K ∈ C and F, H are completely multiplicative functions.

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