Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2018
Let  $P^{+}(n)$  denote the largest prime factor of the integer
$P^{+}(n)$  denote the largest prime factor of the integer  $n$  and
$n$  and  $P_{y}^{+}(n)$  denote the largest prime factor
$P_{y}^{+}(n)$  denote the largest prime factor  $p$  of
$p$  of  $n$  which satisfies
$n$  which satisfies  $p\leqslant y$ . In this paper, first we show that the triple consecutive integers with the two patterns
$p\leqslant y$ . In this paper, first we show that the triple consecutive integers with the two patterns  $P^{+}(n-1)>P^{+}(n)<P^{+}(n+1)$  and
$P^{+}(n-1)>P^{+}(n)<P^{+}(n+1)$  and  $P^{+}(n-1)<P^{+}(n)>P^{+}(n+1)$  have a positive proportion respectively. More generally, with the same methods we can prove that for any
$P^{+}(n-1)<P^{+}(n)>P^{+}(n+1)$  have a positive proportion respectively. More generally, with the same methods we can prove that for any $J\in \mathbb{Z}$ ,
$J\in \mathbb{Z}$ ,  $J\geqslant 3$ , the
$J\geqslant 3$ , the  $J$ -tuple consecutive integers with the two patterns
$J$ -tuple consecutive integers with the two patterns  $P^{+}(n+j_{0})=\min _{0\leqslant j\leqslant J-1}P^{+}(n+j)$  and
$P^{+}(n+j_{0})=\min _{0\leqslant j\leqslant J-1}P^{+}(n+j)$  and  $P^{+}(n+j_{0})=\max _{0\leqslant j\leqslant J-1}P^{+}(n+j)$  also have a positive proportion, respectively. Second, for
$P^{+}(n+j_{0})=\max _{0\leqslant j\leqslant J-1}P^{+}(n+j)$  also have a positive proportion, respectively. Second, for  $y=x^{\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}}$  with
$y=x^{\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}}$  with  $0<\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}\leqslant 1$  we show that there exists a positive proportion of integers
$0<\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}\leqslant 1$  we show that there exists a positive proportion of integers  $n$  such that
$n$  such that  $P_{y}^{+}(n)<P_{y}^{+}(n+1)$ . Specifically, we can prove that the proportion of integers
$P_{y}^{+}(n)<P_{y}^{+}(n+1)$ . Specifically, we can prove that the proportion of integers  $n$  such that
$n$  such that  $P^{+}(n)<P^{+}(n+1)$  is larger than 0.1356, which improves the previous result “0.1063” of the author.
$P^{+}(n)<P^{+}(n+1)$  is larger than 0.1356, which improves the previous result “0.1063” of the author.