On limiting distributions of arithmetic functions (Q6932023)

The author studies the average orders of arithmetical functions \(h(n)\) and \(H(n)\), which are the minimum resp. maximum exponents of \(n\), i.e., the smallest, resp. greatest exponents in the prime factorization of \(n\). These arithmetical functions were introduced and studied for the first time by I. Niven in 1969. (For many results on these arithmetical functions , see the monograph by \textit{J. Sándor} and \textit{B. Crstici} [Handbook of number theory II. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 330--332 (2004; Zbl 1079.11001)]). The author proves that \(\sum_{n\le x}(h(n)^{2}= x+cx^{1/2} +dx^{1/3}+ O(x^{1/4})\), where \(c\) and \(d\) are explicit positive constants, and that \(\sum_{n\le x}(H(n))^{2} = Bx + O(x^{1/2})\), where \(B\) is a positive constant. It is also proved that, the limiting distribution of \(h(n)\) is the degenerate distribution, and that \(H(n)\) satisfies the arithmetic \(k\)-distribution, where \(k(n)=0\) for \(n=0,1\) and \(1/\zeta(n)\) otherwise.