I am looking for conditions (if any are needed beyond properties of primes) for which (∑pi)(∑1pi) over an arbitrary i for a set of primes {pi} is unique in that there is no other set of primes pj for which (∑pi)(∑1pi)=(∑pj)(∑1pj)
It is a bit difficult to describe so I will give an example:
I would like to know if there is a proof (if it is even true) that given any primes p1 and p2 that there are no other set of primes {p3,p4,..,pk} such that
(p1+p2)(1p1+1p2)=(p3+p4+..+pk)(1p3+1p4+..+1pk)
And in general (again I don't know if this is true), that
(p1+p2+..+pn)(1p1+1p2+..+1pn)≠(p3+p4+..+ps)(1p3+1p4+..+1ps)
So basically whether or not I can find a set of two sets of primes of any length which satisfy the equality.
I have been trying to figure out a clever way to reduce this and would guess that there is some trick by the uniqueness of primes, but I don't see it.
Thanks,
Brian
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