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It is known that under the Dirichlet product, the set of arithmetic functions in several variables becomes a unique factorization domain. A. Zaharescu and M. Zaki proved an analog of the ABC conjecture in this ring and showed that there exists a non-trivial solution to the Fermat equation \(z^n=x^n+y^n\) (\(n\ge 3\)). It is also known that under the Cauchy product, the set of arithmetic functions becomes a unique factorization domain. In this paper, we consider the ring of arithmetic functions in several variables under the Cauchy product and prove an analog of the ABC conjecture in this ring to show that there exists a non-trivial solution to the Fermat equation \(z^n=x^n+y^n\) (\(n\ge 3\)).
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Hamahata, Y. Arithmetic functions and the Cauchy product. Arch. Math. 114, 41–50 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-019-01384-9
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