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Note on shifted primes with large prime factors

Number Theory 2026-02-06 v2

Abstract

We denote by P+(n)P^+(n) the largest prime factor of the integer nn. In 1935, Erd\H os studied the quantity Tc(x)T_c(x) defined by Tc(x)={px:P+(p1)pc}, T_c(x)=\big|\big\{p\le x: P^+(p-1)\ge p^c\big\}\big|, and he proved lim supxTc(x)π(x)0,as c1. \limsup_{x\rightarrow \infty}\frac{T_c(x)}{\pi(x)}\rightarrow 0, \quad \text{as~}c\rightarrow 1. Recently, Ding gave a quantitative form of Erd\H os' result, showing that lim supxTc(x)π(x)8(c11). \limsup_{x\rightarrow \infty}\frac{T_c(x)}{\pi(x)}\le 8\big(c^{-1}-1\big). holds for 8/9<c<18/9< c<1. In this paper, we improve Ding's upper bound to lim supxTc(x)π(x)72logc \limsup_{x\rightarrow \infty}\frac{T_c(x)}{\pi(x)}\le -\frac{7}{2}\log c for e27<c<1e^{-\frac{2}{7}}< c<1.

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@article{arxiv.2510.04026,
  title  = {Note on shifted primes with large prime factors},
  author = {Yuchen Ding and Zhiwei Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.04026},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

some inaccuracies are revised

R2 v1 2026-07-01T06:17:37.144Z