Goldbach conjecture

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The Goldbach conjecture is a famous unsolved problem in number theory asserting that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

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instanceOf mathematical conjecture ⓘ
unsolved problem in number theory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs strong Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture
appearsIn many introductory texts on analytic number theory ⓘ
communicatedTo Leonhard Euler ⓘ
conjecturesThat every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers ⓘ
connectedConcept Goldbach function ⓘ
Goldbach partition ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture
difficulty one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics ⓘ
field number theory ⓘ
hasApproximateResult every sufficiently large even integer is the sum of a prime and a number with at most two prime factors ⓘ
every sufficiently large even integer is the sum of two primes or almost primes ⓘ
hasConsequence infinitely many Goldbach partitions for each even integer if true ⓘ
hasVariant binary Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture

ternary Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
impliedBy Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (for certain conditional results) ⓘ
implies every sufficiently large even integer is the sum of two primes ⓘ
isPartOf Hilbert problems (informally related but not one of them) ⓘ
Landau problems ⓘ
logicalForm for all even n > 2, there exist primes p and q such that n = p + q ⓘ
majorContributor Chen Jingrun ⓘ
G. H. Hardy ⓘ
Ivan Vinogradov ⓘ
J. E. Littlewood ⓘ
mentionedIn letter from Christian Goldbach to Leonhard Euler ⓘ
modernFormulation every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two primes ⓘ
modernFormulationBy Leonhard Euler ⓘ
namedAfter Christian Goldbach ⓘ
openAsOf 2024 ⓘ
originalFormulation every integer greater than 5 is the sum of three primes ⓘ
provedForSpecialCase ternary Goldbach conjecture proved by Harald Helfgott ⓘ
quantificationDomain even integers greater than 2 ⓘ
relatedConjecture weak Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
relatedTo Riemann Hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Riemann hypothesis

circle method ⓘ
distribution of prime numbers ⓘ
sieve methods ⓘ
statedBy Christian Goldbach ⓘ
status open problem ⓘ
unproven ⓘ
subfield additive number theory ⓘ
typeOfStatement universal statement about even integers ⓘ
usesConcept prime numbers ⓘ
verifiedByComputationUpTo very large bounds (e.g., at least 4·10^18 as of early 21st century) ⓘ
yearProposed 1742 ⓘ

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Hardy–Littlewood circle method → appliedTo → Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
Hardy–Littlewood conjectures → relatedTo → Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
Goldbach conjecture → alsoKnownAs → strong Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture
Goldbach conjecture → hasVariant → binary Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture
Goldbach conjecture → connectedConcept → Goldbach partition ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture
Vinogradov's three-primes theorem → relatedTo → Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
twin prime conjecture → relatedConjecture → Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
Chen Jingrun → contributedTo → Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
Apostolos Doxiadis → hasSubjectOfWork → Goldbach’s conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture
Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture → mainSubject → Goldbach’s conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Goldbach conjecture