Analysis establishes bounds for sequences with smallest prime factors in a decreasing sequence, suggesting relationships to prime gaps.
We bound the length of the longest sequence of increasing numbers ≤ x for which their smallest prime factors form a decreasing sequence. While the upper bound is unconditional, the lower bound relies on a conjecture about prime gaps.
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