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Continuous Homomorphisms as Arithmetical Functions, and Sets of Uniqueness

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This is a survey paper on the characterization of continuous group homomorphisms as arithmetical functions, and on sets of uniqueness with respect to completely additive functions.

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Kátai, I. (2000). Continuous Homomorphisms as Arithmetical Functions, and Sets of Uniqueness. In: Bambah, R.P., Dumir, V.C., Hans-Gill, R.J. (eds) Number Theory. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7023-8_11

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