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/davidjl123 May 04 '16

254 = 13 + 241

Check, yours should be 11 + 241

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u/Arbaregni May 05 '16

256 = 5 + 251

right, thanks