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We establish an asymptotic formula for $\Psi(x,y)$ whose shape is $x \rho(\log x/\log y)$ times correction factors. These factors take into account the contributions of zeta zeros and prime powers and the formula can be regarded as an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Ofir Gorodetsky

A number is said to be $y$-smooth if all of its prime factors are less than or equal to $y.$ For all $17/30<\theta\leq 1,$ we show that the density of $y$-smooth numbers in the short interval $[x,x+x^{\theta}]$ is asymptotically equal to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Khalid Younis

Hildebrand proved that the smooth approximation for the number $\Psi(x,y)$ of $y$-friable integers not exceeding $x$ holds for $y>(\log x)^{2+\varepsilon}$ under the Riemann hypothesis and conjectured that it fails when $y\leqslant (\log…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Régis de la Bretèche , Gérald Tenenbaum

In this paper we present a method for producing asymptotic estimates for the number of integers in a given S having only ``small'' prime factors. The conditions that need to be verified are simpler than those required by other methods, and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ernie Croot

The aim of this paper is to study distributional properties of integers without large or small prime factors. Define an integer to be $[y',y]$-smooth if all of its prime factors belong to the interval $[y',y]$. We identify suitable weights…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Lilian Matthiesen , Mengdi Wang

Let $x\ge y>0$ be integers. A positive integer is $y$-smooth if all its prime divisors are at most $y$. Let $\Psi(x,y)$ count the number of $y$-smooth integers up to $x$. We present several algorithms that will generate an integer $n\le x$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Eric Bach , Jonathan Sorenson

Let \( X \geq y \geq 2 \), and let \( u = \frac{\log X}{\log y} \). We say a number is \textit{$y$-smooth} if all of its prime factors are less than or equal to \( y \). In this paper, we study the distribution of $y$-smooth numbers in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Sarvagya Jain

For $x\ge y>1$ and $u:= \log x/\log y$, let $\Phi(x,y)$ denote the number of positive integers up to $x$ free of prime divisors less than or equal to $y$. In 1950 de Bruijn [1] studied the approximation of $\Phi(x,y)$ by the quantity…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-04 Steve Fan

We provide an asymptotic estimate for certain sums over k-free integers with small prime factors. These sums depend upon a complex parameter \alpha and involve a smooth cut-off f. They are a variation of several classical number-theoretical…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-10-07 Francesco Cellarosi

We establish new estimates for the number of $m$-smooth polynomials of degree $n$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$, where the main term involves the number of $m$-smooth permutations on $n$ elements. Our estimates imply that the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-04 Ofir Gorodetsky

The variance of primes in short intervals relates to the Riemann Hypothesis, Montgomery's Pair Correlation Conjecture and the Hardy--Littlewood Conjecture. In regards to its asymptotics, very little is known unconditionally. We study the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-31 Ofir Gorodetsky

We study the counts of smooth permutations and smooth polynomials over finite fields. For both counts we prove an estimate with an error term that matches the error term found in the integer setting by de Bruijn more than 70 years ago. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-08 Ofir Gorodetsky

We establish a relationship between error terms appearing in estimates for the counting functions of smooth and rough numbers. We then apply this link to obtain an explicit upper bound for the error term in de Bruijn's approximation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Andreas Weingartner

An asymptotic formula is given for the number of y-smooth numbers up to x in a Beatty sequence corresponding to an irrational number of finite type.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Roger Baker

Let $\epsilon > 0$ be sufficiently small and let $0 < \eta < 1/522$. We show that if $X$ is large enough in terms of $\epsilon$ then for any squarefree integer $q \leq X^{196/261-\epsilon}$ that is $X^{\eta}$-smooth one can obtain an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Alexander P. Mangerel

We present a de Bruijn type approximation for quantifying the content of m smooth numbers, derived from samples obtained through a probability measure over the set of integers less than or equal to n, with point mass function at k inversely…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Arturo Jaramillo , Xiaochuan Yang

Assuming the Riemann hypothesis we demonstrate the existence of smooth numbers in certain short intervals.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-09-09 K. Soundararajan

Although we expect to find many smooth numbers (i.e., numbers with no large prime factors) among the values taken by a polynomial with integer coefficients, it is unclear what the asymptotic number of such smooth values should be; this is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Greg Martin

The second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture asserts that the prime counting function $\pi(x)$ satisfies the subadditive inequality \begin{align*} \pi(x+y)\leqslant \pi(x)+\pi (y) \end{align*} for all integers $x,y\geqslant 2$. By linking the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Bittu Chahal , Ertan Elma , Nic Fellini , Akshaa Vatwani , Do Nhat Tan Vo

There is a large literature on the asymptotic distribution of numbers free of large prime factors, so-called $\textit{smooth}$ or $\textit{friable}$ numbers. But there is very little known about this distribution that is numerically…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Jared D. Lichtman , Carl Pomerance
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