Note on a paper by Joung Min Song (Q2717606)

Let \(S(x,y)= \{n\in \mathbb{N}: n\leq x\), \(P(n)\leq y\}\) with \(P(n)= \max_{p\mid n}p\). In [Acta Arith. 97, 329-351 (2001; Zbl 0985.11042)], \textit{J. M. Song} studied a sum of the form \(\sum_{n\in S(x,y)} n^{-1}h(n)\), where \(h\) is a nonnegative multiplicative function satisfying certain conditions on an average of \(h(p)\) and on a sum over higher prime powers. The present author shows how results in [Acta Arith. 63, 21-50 (1993; Zbl 0769.11034)] by \textit{H. Smida} can be combined with the unpublished work of H. Halberstam stated and proved in Song's paper to give a slightly more precise result than her theorem. He also extends the result to a class of complex valued multiplicative functions.