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Let \(A_k= \{a_i\mid a_i= \prod_{i=1}^k p_r,\ p_r\) is a positive prime, \(a_i\) is quadratfrei \(\}\). It is assumed that \(a_i\) are arranged as a monotonic increasing sequence. The partition functions \(p_{A_k}(n)\) and \(p_{A_k}^{(\alpha)}(n)\) are defined by \[ \sum_0^\infty p_{A_k}(n)x^n = \prod_{i=1}^\infty (1-x^{a_i})^{-1}\quad\text{and}\quad \sum_0^\infty p_{A_k}^{(\alpha)}(n)x^n = \prod_{i=1}^\infty (1-x^{a_i}). \] \(k=1\) gives partitions into primes, with and without repetition of summands. \(k=2\) gives the partition functions \(t(n)\) and \(t^{(d)}(n)\). A table of \(t(n)\) for \(n\le 200\) has been compiled by \textit{L. M. Chawla} and \textit{S. A. Shad} [J. Nat. Sci. Math. 9, 217--221 (1969; Zbl 0216.29901)]. If \(a_s = n\), Landau has proved that \(s \sim n(\ln \ln n)^{( k-1)}/((k-1)! \ln n)\) , as \(n\to\infty\). With the aid of this and using the elementary methods of \textit{P. Erdős} [Ann. Math. (2) 43, 437--450 (1942; Zbl 0061.07905)], it has been proved that \[ \ln p_{A_k}(n) \sim 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{n(\ln \ln n)^{( k-1)}}{3(k-1)! \ln n}}\quad\text{as }n\to\infty, \] \[ \ln p_{A_k}^{(d)}(n) \sim 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{n(\ln \ln n)^{( k-1)}}{6(k-1)! \ln n}}\quad\text{as }n\to\infty. \] The monotonicity of \(p_{A_k}^{(d)}(n)\) has been assumed in the proof of the second result, but I believe the result to be valid even if the sequence \(p_{A_k}^{(d)}(n)\) is not monotonic.