Powered numbers in short intervals (Q6551219)

Let \(\kappa(n) = \prod_{p \mid n} p\) be the squarefree kernel of \(n\). For given real \(\ell \ge 1\), a positive integer \(n\) is \(\ell\)-powered if \(\kappa(n) \le n^{1/\ell}\). In the paper under review, the author performs a conditional study of powered numbers over short intervals. For, he lets \(S_\theta(x)=\#\{n\leq x : \kappa(n)\leq n^\theta\}\) for \(\theta\in(0,1)\), and shows that for \(\ell>3/2\), assuming the \(abc\)-conjecture,\N\[\NS_{1/\ell}(x+y)-S_{1/\ell}(x)\ll_\ell \frac{y}{\exp\left((c_\ell\log y)^{0.09}\right)}\N\]\Nfor some constant \(c_\ell>0\) and for any \(y\in[1,x]\). The author also considers short-interval behaviour when \(\ell\) is very close to 1.