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Equation $\,\ N^d\pm 1\ =\,\ p_m\cdot\ldots\cdot p_n$

Notation: $\ p_0=2,\ p_1=3,\ p_2=5, \ldots\ $ -- the increasing sequence of all primes.

The following questions, once I've formulated them, remind me of Chebyshev. A very special case of a power $\pm 1\ $ would be $\ N^2-1 = p_m\cdot p_{m+1}\ $ -- a product of two prime twins. In general, let $\ m\in\mathbb Z_{\ge 0}\ $ and $\ d\ n\ N\in\mathbb N_{\ge 2}\ $ be such that $\ m<n.\ $ Finally, let

$$ N^d\pm 1\,\ =\,\ \prod_{k=m}^n p_k $$

Then primes $\ p_m\ \ldots\ p_n\ $ are called teammates, and $\ N^d\ $ is called a $\ (-1)$-container or $\ (+1)$-container depending on $\pm,\ $ or it can be called simply container. Also, $\ s:=n-m+1\ $ is called the team's size.

Example: Equation $$ 10^3+1 = 7\cdot 11\cdot 13 $$ presents a $(+1)$-container $\ 1000,\ $ for a size $\ 3\ $ team $\ 7\ 11\ 13.$

QUESTION:   are there infinitely many teams of sizes $\ > 2\,?$

It'd be great to have any of the implicit questions answered too (I'll skip the routine task of asking them unless requested).

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