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Three consecutive near-square squarefree numbers

Number Theory 2022-11-29 v3

Abstract

In this note, we prove by using T. Estermann's and S. Dimitrov's arguments with an elementary inequality that there are infinitely many nn for which all of the numbers n2+1,n2+2n^2+1,n^2+2 and n2+3n^2+3 are squarefree. We also improve the error term slightly in the case of two consecutive numbers of the same form, so that we are able to prove the following asymptotic formula. \begin{align*} \sum_{n\le X}\mu^2(n^2+1)\mu^2(n^2+2)\mu^2(n^2+3)\sim\dfrac{7}{18}\prod_{p>3}\left(1-\dfrac{3+\left(\frac{-1}{p}\right)+\left(\frac{-2}{p}\right)+\left(\frac{-3}{p}\right)}{p^2}\right)X. \end{align*}

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@article{arxiv.2211.07237,
  title  = {Three consecutive near-square squarefree numbers},
  author = {W. Wongcharoenbhorn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.07237},
  year   = {2022}
}

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