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Normal numbers and the middle prime factor of an integer

Jean-Marie De KoninckImre Kátai — 2014

Colloquium Mathematicae

Let pₘ(n) stand for the middle prime factor of the integer n ≥ 2. We first establish that the size of log pₘ(n) is close to √(log n) for almost all n. We then show how one can use the successive values of pₘ(n) to generate a normal number in any given base D ≥ 2. Finally, we study the behavior of exponential sums involving the middle prime factor function.

Shifted values of the largest prime factor function and its average value in short intervals

Jean-Marie De KoninckImre Kátai — 2016

Colloquium Mathematicae

We obtain estimates for the average value of the largest prime factor P(n) in short intervals [x,x+y] and of h(P(n)+1), where h is a complex-valued additive function or multiplicative function satisfying certain conditions. Letting s q ( n ) stand for the sum of the digits of n in base q ≥ 2, we show that if α is an irrational number, then the sequence ( α s q ( P ( n ) ) ) n is uniformly distributed modulo 1.

On the unimodal character of the frequency function of the largest prime factor

Jean-Marie De KoninckJason Pierre Sweeney — 2001

Colloquium Mathematicae

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the unimodal character of the frequency function of the largest prime factor. To do that, let P(n) stand for the largest prime factor of n. Then define f(x,p): = #{n ≤ x | P(n) = p}. If f(x,p) is considered as a function of p, for 2 ≤ p ≤ x, the primes in the interval [2,x] belong to three intervals I₁(x) = [2,v(x)], I₂(x) = ]v(x),w(x)[ and I₃(x) = [w(x),x], with v(x) < w(x), such that f(x,p) increases for p ∈ I₁(x), reaches its maximum value in...

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