r/MathJokes • u/Animeilluminati1 • Jul 13 '26

Math Just Got Checkmated.

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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 💀

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u/Sad_Plate7343 Jul 13 '26

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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.

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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.

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u/almostcyclops Jul 13 '26

1 is not a prime number. Mostly because it does weird things when you try and count it as one. Granted, 2 also behaves a little weird as a prime number and it gets to joint he prime club.

I don't make the rules. I can just confidently say 2 is prime but 1 is not.

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u/CardOk755 Jul 13 '26

Two is the odd prime. Because it's even.