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Problem #887: Is there an absolute constant $K$ such that, for every...

Is there an absolute constant $K$ such that, for every $C>0$, if $n$ is sufficiently large then $n$ has at most $K$ divisors in $(n^{1/2},n^{1/2}+C...

Problem Statement

Is there an absolute constant $K$ such that, for every $C>0$, if $n$ is sufficiently large then $n$ has at most $K$ divisors in $(n^{1/2},n^{1/2}+C n^{1/4})$.
Categories: Number Theory Divisors

Progress

A question of Erdős and Rosenfeld [ErRo97], who proved that there are infinitely many $n$ with $4$ divisors in $(n^{1/2},n^{1/2}+n^{1/4})$, and ask whether $4$ is best possible here.

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