Finding Almost Squares II

2005/03/21 by Tsz Ho Chan, Chan, Tsz Ho
Mathematics · #11A99 #11N25 #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT) #math.NT #msc:11A99 #msc:11N25

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0503438

4 pages, report number added

arxiv created 2005/03/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

In this article, we study short intervals that contain another type of "almost square", an integer n which can be factored in two different ways n = a₁ b₁ = a₂ b₂ with a₁, a₂, b₁, b₂ close to √(n).

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