Goldbach's conjecture

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Goldbach's conjecture

  1. (number theory) A conjecture stating that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.
    • 2022, Iain Reid, We Spread, Scribner, pages 255-256:
      “Goldbach’s conjecture, I finally remember it,” he says, as I’m standing to go. “And I want to make sure I tell you. It’s important: For every even number n>2, there exist two prime numbers p_1 and p_2 such that we can write: p_1 + p_2 = n…”

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