The prime exponents give Mersenne primes and therefore perfect numbers. But gives . The resulting candidate has
so . It is an abundant number, not a perfect number. Checking only that the exponent is prime would miss this obstruction.
Figure 1.
A prime exponent gives a candidate; the Mersenne factor must also be prime
. Original exact computations for . The upper table lists and the constructed candidate . The lower bars show ; equality at one identifies perfect numbers. The composite factor at makes the candidate abundant. Details.

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