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The distribution of divisors of polynomials

Number Theory 2022-07-05 v2

Abstract

Let F(x)F(x) be an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients and degree at least 2. For xzy2x\ge z\ge y\ge 2, denote by HF(x,y,z)H_F(x, y, z) the number of integers nxn\le x such that F(n)F(n) has at least one divisor dd with y<dzy<d\le z. We determine the order of magnitude of HF(x,y,z)H_F(x, y, z) uniformly for y+y/logCy<zy2y+y/\log^C y < z\le y^2 and yx1δy\le x^{1-\delta}, showing that the order is the same as the order of H(x,y,z)H(x,y,z), the number of positive integers nxn\le x with a divisor in (y,z](y,z]. Here CC is an arbitrarily large constant and δ>0\delta>0 is arbitrarily small.

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@article{arxiv.1910.02832,
  title  = {The distribution of divisors of polynomials},
  author = {Kevin Ford and Guoyou Qian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02832},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v2. minor edits and corrections