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On the sum of two powered numbers

Number Theory 2023-06-23 v1

Abstract

Fix a positive real number θ\theta. The natural numbers mm with largest square-free divisor not exceeding mθm^\theta form a set A\mathscr{A}, say. It is shown that whenever θ>1/2\theta>1/2 then all large natural numbers nn are the sum of two elements of A\mathscr{A}. This is nearly best possible.

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@article{arxiv.2306.12431,
  title  = {On the sum of two powered numbers},
  author = {Jörg Brüdern and Olivier Robert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.12431},
  year   = {2023}
}

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3 pages. Submitted