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Re: Vindication of Goldbach's conjecture
Posted:
Jul 19, 2012 9:36 PM
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On Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:57:27 UTC-3, lut...@gmail.com wrote:
> Le jeudi 19 juillet 2012 17:56:46 UTC+2, Timothy Murphy a écrit :
> > luttgma@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > The question is, are all even integers the sum of two primes?
> > > In other words, could an even integer be the sum of two uneven integers,
> > > at least one of them not being a prime?
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> > These two statements do not seem to me to be equivalent.
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> Yes, thank you, it would be better to limit the question to:
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> Could an even integer be the sum of two uneven integers,
> at least one of them not being a prime?
Of course it could: 12 = 3 + 9. You need to show that for every even integer n *there exist* two odd integers, *both of them prime*, that add up to n.
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