We introduce an irrational factor of order <i>k</i> defined by I k ( n ) = i = 1 l p i i , where I k ( n ) = i = 1 l p i i is the factorization of <i>n</i> and $${\beta_{i} = \left\{\begin{array}{ll}\alpha_i, \quad \quad {\rm if} \quad \alpha_i &lt; k \\ \frac{1}{\alpha_i},\quad \quad {\rm if} \quad \alpha_i \geqq k \end{array}\right.}$$. It turns out that the function I k ( n ) = i = 1 l p i i well approximates the characteristic function of <i>k</i>-free integers. We also derive asymptotic formulas for I k ( n ) = i = 1 l p i i and I k ( n ) = i = 1 l p i i .

We prove the boundedness of a class of tri-linear operators consisting of a quasi piece of bilinear Hilbert transform whose scale equals to or dominates the scale of its linear counter part. Such type of operators is motivated by the tri-linear Hilbert transform and its curved versions.

We introduce a class of tri-linear operators that combine features of the bilinear Hilbert transform and paraproduct. For two instances of these operators, we prove boundedness property in a large range D = { ( p 1 , p 2 , p 3 ) 3 : 1 &lt; p 1

We prove that for a large class of functions P and Q, the discrete bilinear operator T P, Q (f, g)(n)= m Z{0} f (n P (m)) g (n Q (m)) 1 m is bounded from l 2 l 2 into l 1+ , for any (0, 1].

We prove that, under certain conditions on the function pair arphi_1 and arphi_1 , bilinear average arphi_1 along curve arphi_1 satisfies certain decay estimate. As a consequence, Roth type theorems hold in the setting of finite fields. In particular, if arphi_1 with arphi_1 are linearly independent polynomials, then for any arphi_1 with arphi_1 , there are arphi_1 triplets arphi_1 . This extends a recent result of Bourgain and Chang who initiated this type of problems, and strengthens the bound in a result of Peluse, who generalized Bourgain and Chang's work. The proof uses discrete Fourier analysis and algebraic geometry.