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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 nn, n3+2n^3+2 has a prime factor larger than n1+cn^{1+c} with c=10303c=10^{-303}. We generalize this result to arbitrary monic irreducible cubic polynomial of Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x] with cc replaced by an exponent cpc_p 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}
}