On the value distribution of a class of arithmetic functions

This article deals with the value distribution of multiplicative prime-independent arithmetic functions (α(n)) with α(n) = 1 if n is N-free (N ≥ 2 a fixed integer), α(n) > 1 else, and α(2) → ∞. An asymptotic result is established with an error term probably definitive on the basis of the present knowledge about the zeros of the zetafunction. Applications to the enumerative functions of Abelian groups and of semisimple rings of given finite order are discussed.