The squarefree conjecture on arithmetic progressions

Let fZ[T]f\in\mathbb{Z}[T] be primitive and squarefree, let A=a+NZZ\mathcal{A}=a+N\mathbb{Z}\subseteq\mathbb{Z} be an arithmetic progression, and let A(X)={tA:tX}\mathcal{A}(X)=\{t\in\mathcal{A}:|t|\leq X\}. Write SqfA(X)Sqf_{\mathcal{A}}(X) for the number of tA(X)t\in\mathcal{A}(X) such that f(t)f(t) is squarefree, and let Cf,AC_{f,\mathcal{A}} be the associated density defined in the source. Squarefree conjecture on arithmetic progressions.

SqfA(X)=Cf,AX+o(X).Sqf_{\mathcal{A}}(X)=C_{f,\mathcal{A}}X+o(X).

This predicts the asymptotic density of squarefree values of a polynomial along any arithmetic progression. The source states that it is known when every irreducible factor of ff has degree at most 33, but gives no resolution in the generality stated here.

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Primary source

Julie Desjardins, “Root number in integer parameter families of elliptic curves”, arXiv:1810.12787 (2021).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2016–2018). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1610.07440.

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