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More on the sum-product problem for integers with few prime factors

Number Theory 2026-01-07 v2

Abstract

We show that if AZA\subset \mathbb{Z} is a finite set of integers in which every integer is divisible by O(1)O(1) many primes then max(A+A,AA)A12/7o(1)\max(\lvert A+A\rvert,\lvert AA\rvert) \geq \lvert A\rvert^{12/7-o(1)} and, for any m2m\geq 2, max(mA,A(m))A23m+13o(1).\max(\lvert mA\rvert, \lvert A^{(m)}\rvert) \geq \lvert A\rvert^{\frac{2}{3}m+\frac{1}{3}-o(1)}. Finally, we show that if AQA\subset \mathbb{Q} is a finite set of rationals in which the numerator and denominator of every xAx\in A is divisible by O(1)O(1) many primes then A+AAA2o(1)\lvert A+AA\rvert \geq \lvert A\rvert^{2-o(1)}.

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@article{arxiv.2512.04931,
  title  = {More on the sum-product problem for integers with few prime factors},
  author = {Rishika Agrawal and Thomas F. Bloom and Giorgis Petridis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.04931},
  year   = {2026}
}

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