The largest prime factor of an irreducible cubic polynomial
Number Theory
2026-02-05 v2
Abstract
Heath-Brown proved that for a positive proportion of integers , has a prime factor larger than with . We generalize this result to arbitrary monic irreducible cubic polynomial of with replaced by an exponent dependent on the polynomial.
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@article{arxiv.2602.03642,
title = {The largest prime factor of an irreducible cubic polynomial},
author = {Ivan Ermoshin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.03642},
year = {2026}
}