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An elementary conjecture which implies the Goldbach conjecture

General Mathematics 2018-02-08 v1

Abstract

Let p1p_{1}, ..., pkp_{k} be the first kk odd primes in succession. Let nn be an even integer such that n>pkn > p_{k}. We conjecture that if none of np1n - p_{1}, ..., npkn - p_{k} are prime, then at least one of them has a prime factor which is greater than or equal to pkp_{k}. In this brief note, we observe that Goldbach's conjecture follows from this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1802.02428,
  title  = {An elementary conjecture which implies the Goldbach conjecture},
  author = {Richard Williamson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.02428},
  year   = {2018}
}

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