Product of an integer free of small prime factors and prime in arithmetic progression (Q1984548)

For positive integers \(a\) and \(k\) with \(\gcd(a,k)=1\), let \(\mathcal{N}_k(a;x,y,z)\) be the number of solutions to the congruence \(uv\equiv a\pmod{k}\) satisfying the conditions \(2\leq u\leq x\), \(2\leq v\leq y\), and the smallest prime factor of \(u\) is not less than \(z\). In this paper, the author obtains an unconditional approximation for \(\mathcal{N}_k(a;x,y,x^\beta)\) for any \(\beta\in(0,1/2]\), and two conditional approximations under the Generalised Riemann Hypothesis.