Goldbach's conjecture

English

Proper noun

Goldbach's conjecture

1. (number theory) A conjecture stating that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.
   • 2022, Iain Reid, We Spread, Scribner, pages 255-256:

     “Goldbach’s conjecture, I finally remember it,” he says, as I’m standing to go. “And I want to make sure I tell you. It’s important: For every even number n>2, there exist two prime numbers p_1 and p_2 such that we can write: p_1 + p_2 = n…”

Related terms

• Goldbach number
• Goldbach partition

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哥德巴赫猜想 (zh) (Gēdébāhè cāixiǎng)

• German: Goldbachsche Vermutung f
• Russian: проблема Гольдбаха (problema Golʹdbaxa)

Further reading

• Goldbach's conjecture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia