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Claim. The unnumbered main theorem of Ivan Ermoshin, The Largest Prime Factor of an Irreducible Cubic Polynomial (arXiv:2602.03642, v3 of 12 June 2026, p. 3), states that for every monic irreducible cubic f∈Z[X]f\in\mathbb Z[X] there is cf>0c_f>0 such that, as x→∞x\to\infty, a positive proportion of the integers m∈[x,2x]m\in[x,2x] have a prime factor of f(m)f(m) exceeding x1+cfx^{1+c_f}; in particular P+ ⁣(∏m≤xf(m))≫fx1+cfP^+\!\left(\prod_{m\le x}f(m)\right)\gg_f x^{1+c_f}, which is Ff(n)≫fn1+cfF_f(n)\gg_f n^{1+c_f} in the notation of Problem 976. The statement is recorded on the theorem card.

Covers. The first question for monic irreducible cubics. It gives no exponent uniform in ff and does not give Ff(n)≫n3F_f(n)\gg n^3.

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Standing. An arXiv preprint, first posted on 3 February 2026, with no journal publication recorded. The site labels the problem OPEN.