The squarefree values conjecture for multivariable polynomials

Let h{1,2}h\in\{1,2\}, let fZ[x1,,xh]f\in\mathbb{Z}[x_1,\ldots,x_h] be primitive and squarefree, and let Zh(X)={vZh:vX}\mathbb{Z}^h(X)=\{{\rm v}\in\mathbb{Z}^h:|{\rm v}|\leq X\}. Define δf=gcd{f(v):vZh}\delta_f=\gcd\{f({\rm v}):{\rm v}\in\mathbb{Z}^h\}, let dfd_f be the smallest integer such that δf/df\delta_f/d_f is squarefree, and let Sqf(X)Sqf(X) count the vZh(X){\rm v}\in\mathbb{Z}^h(X) for which f(v)df1f({\rm v})d_f^{-1} is squarefree. With CfC_f as defined in the source, squarefree conjecture.

Sqf(X)=CfXh+o(Xh).Sqf(X)=C_fX^h+o(X^h).

This predicts the expected asymptotic density of squarefree values and is a key input to the paper's sieve arguments. The source presents it as an unproved conjecture.

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Julie Desjardins, “On the variation of the root number in families of elliptic curves”, arXiv:1610.07440 (2018).

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