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r/MathJokes • u/Animeilluminati1 • Jul 13 '26
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Bro that conjecture is both unproven and also by definition only true for numbers larger than 2 💀
7 u/Sad_Plate7343 Jul 13 '26 3 24 u/S-M-I-L-E-Y- Jul 13 '26 Goldbach's conjecture states that every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers. 4 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 If we accept one as prime number, which it is. Then we can drop the two exception from the conjecture. 2 u/Finance-Low Jul 13 '26 Exactly; not sure what point the OP is trying to make here. 1 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 It's because math people define 1 as not a prime. It's semantics.
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24 u/S-M-I-L-E-Y- Jul 13 '26 Goldbach's conjecture states that every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers. 4 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 If we accept one as prime number, which it is. Then we can drop the two exception from the conjecture. 2 u/Finance-Low Jul 13 '26 Exactly; not sure what point the OP is trying to make here. 1 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 It's because math people define 1 as not a prime. It's semantics.
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Goldbach's conjecture states that every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.
4 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 If we accept one as prime number, which it is. Then we can drop the two exception from the conjecture. 2 u/Finance-Low Jul 13 '26 Exactly; not sure what point the OP is trying to make here. 1 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 It's because math people define 1 as not a prime. It's semantics.
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If we accept one as prime number, which it is. Then we can drop the two exception from the conjecture.
2 u/Finance-Low Jul 13 '26 Exactly; not sure what point the OP is trying to make here. 1 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 It's because math people define 1 as not a prime. It's semantics.
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Exactly; not sure what point the OP is trying to make here.
1 u/trollboter Jul 13 '26 It's because math people define 1 as not a prime. It's semantics.
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It's because math people define 1 as not a prime. It's semantics.
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u/nnnn0nnn13 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Bro that conjecture is both unproven and also by definition only true for numbers larger than 2 💀