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How do you define a symbolic multiplicative function?

I would like to define a symbolic function f from Z which takes values in 1,1. This function f is completely multiplicative (i.e: f(mn)=f(m)f(n) for all m,nZ). I know how to define a symbolic function in Sage:

f = function('f')

But I don't know:

  1. How do I specify to Sage that I want f to be multiplicative? For example, I want f(6)=f(2)f(3) to hold true, and so on.
  2. How do I specify to Sage that f takes values in 1,1? That is, I need f(n)2=1 for all nN. How do I specify this?