mathematics
By karenkaren
@karenkaren (205)
Philippines
3 responses
@kundalini444 (194)
• Italy
17 Jan 08
"Every even number 2 is the sum of two prime numbers". Can you prove this statement?
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@karenkaren (205)
• Philippines
17 Jan 08
yeah there's a lot of resources out there and i suppose you already know the answer...
that statement is known as goldbach's conjuncture which have not been that justified for so long now..
not if you considered those super complicated equations which only great mathematicians can understand...
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@savetheunlikely9 (390)
• United States
17 Jan 08
kundalini444,
I can't prove it, but I can disprove it.
For example, 16.
It's even.
8+8, and neither are prime numbers.
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@karenkaren (205)
• Philippines
17 Jan 08
but then..
16=13+3 right
13 and 3 are both primes...
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@kundalini444 (194)
• Italy
20 Jan 08
Hey, I was kidding! If you can prove this you are a rich man. There is a 1,000,000 pound prize to the one who wil be able to solve the celebrated GOLDBACH's CONJECTURE (unsolved since, I think 200-300 years)
