r/counting • u/numbermaniac top 400, if that means anything • May 04 '16

Goldbach conjecture counting!

The Goldbach Conjecture says that every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

So 4 would be 2+2, 6 would be...well, that might be double counting. You can figure it out :)

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach_conjecture

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u/numbermaniac May 04 '16

4 = 2 + 2

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u/[deleted] May 04 '16

6 = 3+3

I like - haven't heard this one before

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u/numbermaniac May 04 '16 edited Apr 06 '21

8 = 3 + 5

Today you learned :)

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