Summing the largest prime factor over integer sequences
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Given an integer $n\ge 2$, let $P(n)$ stand for its largest prime factor. We examine the behaviour of $\displaystyle{\sum_{n\le x \atop n\in A} P(n)}$ in the case of two sets $A$, namely the set of $r$-free numbers and the set of $h$-full numbers.
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