Largest prime factor (Q687586)

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    19 October 1993
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    Let \(P(n)\) be the largest prime factor of an integer \(n\), \(L(n)\) the number of \(k\leq n\) such that \(P(k)<\sqrt{k}\), and \(S(n)= \sum_{k=1}^ n P(k)/k\). The author proves that \(\lim(\log n/n)S(n)=\xi(2)\) and \(\lim 1/n L(n)=\log 2\). The methods used here are elementary.
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    largest prime factor
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