A Survey on the Distribution of B-free Numbers

In this paper we present a survey of recent progress on the distribution of B-free numbers in short intervals and some of its applications.
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B-free numbers, linear forms

A Survey on the Distribution of B-free Numbers

In this paper we present a survey of recent progress on the distribution of B-free numbers in short intervals and some of its applications.

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  • Emre ALKAN, Alexandru ZAHARESCU Department of Mathematics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign W. Green Street Urbana, IL, 61801, USA e-mail: alkan@math.uiuc.edu e-mail: zaharesc@math.uiuc.edu