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A NOTE ON POWERFUL NUMBERS IN SHORT INTERVALS

Part of: Multiplicative number theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2022

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TSZ HO CHAN*
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Mathematics Department, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA 30060, USA
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e-mail: tchan4@kennesaw.edu
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Abstract

We investigate uniform upper bounds for the number of powerful numbers in short intervals $(x, x + y]$. We obtain unconditional upper bounds $O({y}/{\log y})$ and $O(\kern1.3pt y^{11/12})$ for all powerful numbers and $y^{1/2}$-smooth powerful numbers, respectively. Conditional on the $abc$-conjecture, we prove the bound $O({y}/{\log ^{1+\epsilon } y})$ for squarefull numbers and the bound $O(\kern1.3pt y^{(2 + \epsilon )/k})$ for k-full numbers when $k \ge 3$. These bounds are related to Roth’s theorem on arithmetic progressions and the conjecture on the nonexistence of three consecutive squarefull numbers.

Keywords

powerful numbersBrun–Titchmarsh inequalityabc-conjectureRoth’s theorem on arithmetic progressions

MSC classification

Primary: 11N25: Distribution of integers with specified multiplicative constraints
Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , August 2023 , pp. 99 - 106
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.

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