Smooth-values conjecture for irreducible polynomials
Smooth-values conjecture for irreducible polynomials
Let be an irreducible polynomial of degree , and let be the number of integers in the set whose prime factors are all at most . Let denote the Dickman function, defined by for and for . Smooth-values conjecture. Then
This predicts that irreducible polynomial sequences have the same expected density of smooth values as the integers, after the degree-dependent rescaling. The source says that this is a special case of a more general conjecture, that it was proved under a quantitative version of Schinzel's hypothesis only in a limited range, and that unconditionally it was known only for linear polynomials; it also reports numerical evidence supporting it.
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Primary source
Johan Andersson, “On questions of Cassels and Drungilas-Dubickas”, arXiv:1606.02524 (2016).
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