The average prime divisor of an integer in short intervals (Q1111600)

Let \(f(n)=\sum_{p| n}p^{\rho} L(p)\), \(F(n)=\sum_{p^{\alpha}\| n}\alpha p^{\rho} L(p)\) be additive functions, where \(\rho\) \((>0)\) is a constant and L is a slowly oscillating function of the form \[ L(x)=K \exp (\int^{x}_{x_ 0}\eta (t)\frac{dt}{t}),\quad \lim_{t\to \infty} \eta (t)=0,\quad K>0. \] The main aim of this paper is to investigate the asymptotic behaviour of f and F in short intervals. It is proved that \[ (1)\quad \sum_{x<n\leq x+h}f(n)=(\zeta (1+\rho)+o(1))\frac{hx^{\rho} L(x)}{\log x} \] as \(x\to \infty\) for \(x^{7/12} \log^{22}x\leq h\leq o(x)\), and (1) remains valid if f is replaced by F. The case \(\rho =0\) in the definition of f and F is also investigated, and is the asymptotic behaviour of the sum \(\sum_{x<n\leq x+h}P_*(n)\) and \(\sum_{x<n\leq x+h}P^*(n)\). Here \(P_*(n)=(\sum_{p| n}p)/(\sum_{p| n}1)\), \(P^*(n)=(\sum_{p^{\alpha}\| n}\alpha p)/(\sum_{p^{\alpha}\| n}\alpha)\) represent the average prime divisor of an integer. These functions were recently investigated by the authors [Arch. Math. 43, 37-43 (1984; Zbl 0519.10027)].