| THOUGHTS ON THE GOLDBACH CONJECTURE GC: Every even number (N) is the sum of two odd primes (P_i) & (P_j). HYPOTHESIS: Every prime less than can be one of the two summing primes. Let P_max be the largest prime less than N. Then D = N - P_max. Define D = 1,3,5, ... If D is a prime number, then P_max + D = N. Therefore D cannot be prime. Let D = 1. Then there is a chain of successively smaller primes that must exist if N is not generated D 1 P_max - P_k 8 b |
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