A link between error terms when counting smooth and rough numbers
Number Theory
2026-04-27 v1
Abstract
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 for the count of smooth numbers, from an explicit upper bound, due to Fan, for the error term in a variant of de Bruijn's estimate for the count of rough numbers.
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@article{arxiv.2604.22058,
title = {A link between error terms when counting smooth and rough numbers},
author = {Andreas Weingartner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.22058},
year = {2026}
}
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8 pages