The square-free approximation conjecture for integer polynomials

Let fZ[x]f\in\mathbb{Z}[x] be a polynomial of degree dd. A polynomial is square-free if it has no repeated irreducible factor over the rational numbers. Its length is

L(f)=i=0daiL(f)=\sum_{i=0}^{d}|a_i|

when f(x)=i=0daixif(x)=\sum_{i=0}^{d}a_i x^i.

Square-free approximation conjecture. For any fZ[x]f\in\mathbb{Z}[x] of degree dd, there is a square-free polynomial gZ[x]g\in\mathbb{Z}[x] of degree at most dd satisfying

L(fg)2.L(f-g)\leq 2.

This is a square-free variant of Turán's problem on approximating integer polynomials by irreducible polynomials. The conjecture asks for a uniform bound of 22 while preserving an upper bound on the degree; its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

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Artūras Dubickas and Min Sha, “The distance to square-free polynomials”, arXiv:1801.01240 (2018).

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