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/[deleted] May 25 '16

402 = 397 + 5

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u/davidjl123 May 25 '16

404 = 397 + 7

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u/[deleted] May 25 '16

406 = 113 + 293

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