| CONJECTURE: EVERY EVEN NUMBER IS THE SUM OF TWO PRIME NUMBERS All primes are of the form 6*n+1 or 6*n-1. The sum of two primes must then be, 1 12*n-2 2 12*n or 3 12*n +2. Therefore, it si possible for all even numbers to be the sum of 2 primes. The "conjecture' is not provable. The best I can do is to show that it's falsity is highly improbable. Let N be the even number in question. Let A_0 be next prime that is < N; B_0 is the next prime that is > N. We can add 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, ... to A to get N. What about adding 9? Let A_1 be the next lower prime. Let D_1 = A_0 - A-1, A simple table shows how to add 9 to A_0. D_1 ADD D_2 ADD D_3 DD 2 11 8 17 14 23 4 13 10 19 16 6 ?? 12 ?? 8 17 14 23 10 19 16 ?? 12 ?? 18 ?? 14 23 20 29 Let's look at the bad D-sequences starting with D_1 = 6. D 1 6 2 12 3 16 4 18 5 If D_1 = 6, then go to D_2 = A_0 - A_2 |
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