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On a conjecture on shifted primes with large prime factors, II

Number Theory 2025-02-19 v2

Abstract

Let P\mathcal{P} be the set of primes and π(x)\pi(x) the number of primes not exceeding xx. Let also P+(n)P^+(n) be the largest prime factor of nn with convention P+(1)=1P^+(1)=1 and Tc(x)=#{px:pP,P+(p1)pc}. T_c(x)=\#\left\{p\le x:p\in \mathcal{P},P^+(p-1)\ge p^c\right\}. Motivated by a 2017 conjecture of Chen and Chen, we show that for any 8/9c<18/9\le c<1 lim supxTc(x)/π(x)8(1/c1), \limsup_{x\rightarrow\infty}T_c(x)/\pi(x)\le 8(1/c-1), which clearly means that lim supxTc(x)/π(x)0,as c1. \limsup_{x\rightarrow\infty}T_c(x)/\pi(x)\rightarrow 0, \quad \text{as}~c\rightarrow1.

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@article{arxiv.2402.09829,
  title  = {On a conjecture on shifted primes with large prime factors, II},
  author = {Yuchen Ding},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09829},
  year   = {2025}
}

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