The Liouville function, after Joseph Liouville, is defined for n=pa11pa22... as
interpreted so that . It is quite obvious that
This, coupled with the fact that the Liouville function is completely multiplicative (see below), we have
Question
Prove that the Liouville function is completely multiplicative i.e.
for all integers m and n (not necessarily coprime).
Solution:-
Let be the list of primes appearing in m and/or n. Write and , in which any of the non-negative integers and can be zero. Then
Consequently
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More about the Liouville function here, and a result involving Möbius Inversion function here.
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