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noun
A function from the natural numbers to the set {−1, 0, 1} which maps perfect squares to 0, prime numbers to −1, and is multiplicative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: combinatorics, mathematics, sciences
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History
Named after August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer who introduced it in 1832.
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