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Fix a typo in the right side of the defining equation where $2\triangle_n^2$ should be $4\triangle_n^2$ (although perhaps it was intended to be $(2\triangle_n)^2$ instead), plus make a few minor grammar corrections.

On smoothness and roughness of a number related to triangular numbers

Define $\triangle_n$ to be the $n$th triangular number.

Define $$M_n=(2\triangle_n-1)2\triangle_n(2\triangle_n+1)=2\triangle_n(4\triangle_n^2-1).$$

Define $(\ell,k)$-smough numbers to be numbers that have all prime divisors $p$ of the form of either $p<\ell$ or $k<p$.

  1. Is there an $\ell_0\geq6$ such that for every $\ell>\ell_0$ and for every $k$, there are an infinite number of $k$ for which there is always an $n$ such that $M_n$ is $(\ell,k)$-smough?

  2. Given an $\ell$ and a $k$, how small can $n$ be such that $M_n$ is $(\ell,k)$-smough?

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