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How to prove that every even is the sum of two primes?

 Jun 29, 2015

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Actually....the conjecture is that every even integer > 2  is composed of a sum of two primes......it is known as Goldbach's Conjecture.......obviously......the word "conjecture" means that it has not been proved.....you can read about this here....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach%27s_conjecture

 

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 Jun 29, 2015
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Actually....the conjecture is that every even integer > 2  is composed of a sum of two primes......it is known as Goldbach's Conjecture.......obviously......the word "conjecture" means that it has not been proved.....you can read about this here....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach%27s_conjecture

 

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CPhill Jun 29, 2015

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