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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