Christian Goldbach, a Russian mathematician [March 18, 1690 – November 20, 1764], given a popular conjecture in number theory named as Goldbach’s conjecture.
According to this conjecture, every
even positive integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime
numbers.
As per the definition, every even
positive integer n > 2 is the sum of two prime numbers p and q.
Mathematically, n = sum(p, q).
Conditions
Condition 1: Integer n
must be even.
Condition 2: Integer n
must be greater than 2.
For Example
Integer
n: 10
Sum of two prime numbers p and q:
3 + 7 => 10.
Integer
n: 44
Sum of two prime numbers p and q:
3 + 41 => 44.
Integer
n: 58
Sum of two prime numbers p and q:
5 + 53 => 58.
Integer
n: 90
Sum of two prime numbers p and q:
7 + 83 => 90.
Integer
n: 100
Sum of two prime numbers p and q:
3 + 97 => 100.
Hope you have understood this amazing concept of Goldbach’s
conjecture.
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