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Erdős problem 538

If each integer has at most rr representations m=pam = pa with pp prime and a∈A⊆[1,N]a \in A \subseteq [1, N], what is the best upper bound for ∑a∈A1/a\sum_{a \in A} 1/a? The candidate proof gives the matching order Θr(log⁡N/log⁡log⁡N)\Theta_r(\log N / \log\log N).

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