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The prime number theorem over integers of power-free polynomial values

Number Theory 2026-01-21 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let f(x)Z[x]f(x)\in \mathbb{Z}[x] be an irreducible polynomial of degree d1d\ge 1. Let k2k\ge2 be an integer. The number of integers nn such that f(n)f(n) is kk-free is widely studied in the literature. In principle, one expects that f(n)f(n) is kk-free infinitely often, if ff has no fixed kk-th power divisor. In 2022, Bergelson and Richter established a new dynamical generalization of the prime number theorem (PNT). Inspired by their work, one may expect that this generalization of the PNT also holds over integers of power-free polynomial values. In this note, we establish such variants of Bergelson and Richter's theorem for several polynomials studied by Estermann, Hooley, Heath-Brown, Booker and Browning.

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@article{arxiv.2504.00804,
  title  = {The prime number theorem over integers of power-free polynomial values},
  author = {Biao Wang and Shaoyun Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.00804},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

10 pages. Section 5 was added to prove our main results under the assumption that the ABC conjecture is true