Another note on smooth numbers in short intervals (Q2789367)

An integer number \(n\) is called \(y\)-smooth if all prime divisors of \(n\) are at most \(y\). Let \(\Psi(x,y)\) denote the number of \(y\)-smooth integers not exceeding \(x\). The author of the paper considers smooth numbers which belong to short intervals. The following assertion is the main result of the paper.NEWLINENEWLINELet \(\varepsilon>0\) and \(x\geqslant y\geqslant \exp((\log x)^{2/3}(\log\log x)^{4/3+\varepsilon})\) be sufficiently large. Then \( \Psi(x+z,y)-\Psi(x,y)\gg zx^{-\varepsilon} \) with NEWLINE\[NEWLINEz=\sqrt{x}\exp\Big((7/3+\varepsilon)\Big(\log\log x +4\,\frac{\log x}{\log y}\log\frac{\log x}{\log y}\,\Big)\Big).NEWLINE\]