Integers without large prime factors
Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 5 (1993) no. 2, pp. 411-484.
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Adolf Hildebrand; Gerald Tenenbaum. Integers without large prime factors. Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 5 (1993) no. 2, pp. 411-484. https://jtnb.centre-mersenne.org/item/JTNB_1993__5_2_411_0/

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