On a problem of V. G. Sprindzhuk
N. M. Khodzhaev
Abstract:
We consider estimates of the function
$$
S(t)=\prod_{p\mid t} p
$$
equal to the square-free part of the positive integer argument
$t$.
V. G. Sprindzhuk posed the following problem. Is there a constant
$c>0$
such that the inequality
$$
S((n+1)\ldots (n+k))<k^k
$$
is fulfilled for an infinite number of pairs of positive integers
$n$ and
$k$
such that
$k<\ln^c n$?
We prove that there exist positive constants
$c_7,\ldots,c_{10}$
such that for
$n\geq c_7$
$$
S((n+1)\ldots (n+k))\geq p_1\ldots p_{s(k)},\quad s(k)=k+[c_8k/\ln(2k)]
$$
if
$1\leq k\leq c_9\sqrt{n/\ln n}$;
$$
S((n+1)\ldots (n+k))<p_1\ldots p_k
$$
if
$k\geq c_{10}\sqrt{n/\ln n}$.
In the paper, we obtain several other estimates of the function
$S(t)$ and discuss
some conjectures concerning
$S(t)$ and derive corollaries of those conjectures.
UDC:
511.2 Received: 28.10.2002
DOI:
10.4213/dm194