Erdős Problem 887 #
References:
- erdosproblems.com/887
- [ErRo97] Erdős, Paul and Rosenfeld, Moshe, The factor-difference set of integers. Acta Arith. (1997), 353--359.
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 $(n^{\frac{1}{2}}, n^{\frac{1}{2}} + C n^{\frac{1}{4}})$.
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 $(n^{\frac{1}{2}}, n^{\frac{1}{2}} + C n^{\frac{1}{4}})$.
A question of Erdős and Rosenfeld, who proved that there are infinitely many $n$ with (at least) $4$ divisors in $(n^{\frac{1}{2}}, n^{\frac{1}{2}} + cn^{\frac{1}{4}})$.
Erdős and Rosenfeld, ask whether $4$ is the best possible $K$ for the infinitude of $n$ with (at least) $K$ divisors in $(n^{\frac{1}{2}}, n^{\frac{1}{2}} + n^{\frac{1}{4}})$.