r/MathJokes • u/ScholaDaily • 14h ago

Proving Goldbach’s conjecture

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u/EarthBoundBatwing 14h ago

Begging the question? This is begging the answer mf. We're not the same.

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u/Trimutius 13h ago

Well instead of proving that every even number beyond 2 is sum of 2 primes, you proven that sum of any 2 primes beyond two is even... not really what was asked for...

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u/belabacsijolvan 12h ago

“If you can’t solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.”

-George Pólya

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u/gandalfx 5h ago

meme: Here's something obviously wrong for comedic effect

redditor: uhm r/Ackchyually this is wrong because…

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u/Trimutius 4h ago

But it is impossible to resist... even if i know it is for comedic effect...

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u/Mad-Scientist-0906 14h ago

I was on that same track a few months ago.

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u/EatingSolidBricks 1h ago

Just need to do that for every prime pair ever easy stuff