On the multiplicative Erdős discrepancy problem

As early as the 1930s, Pál Erdős conjectured that: {\em for any multiplicative function $f:\mathbb{N}\to\{-1,1\}$, the partial sums $\sum_{n\leq x}f(n)$ are unbounded.} Considering this conjecture, in this paper we consider multiplicative functions $f$ satisfying $\sum_{p\leq x}f(p)=c\cdot\frac{x}{\log x}(1+o(1)).$ We prove that if $c>0$ then the partial sums of $f$ are unbounded, and if $c<0$ then the partial sums of $μf$ are unbounded. Extensions of this result are also discussed.

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