I'm sure that it probably has been done, however, I am considering writing
a program to see if I can disprove this theorem. It is my belief that it
can be disproven because the higher you go, the less primes you have.
Anyway, writing the program will be challenging and give me something to
do.
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 11/13/98 6:55:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << I ran across an interesting statement on the top of a math paper that I
> was helping my sister with. It said that every even number greater than 4
> is the sum of two primes. I am curious if this has been proven and if
> anyone knows where I could find more info about this. Thanks.
> >>
>
> I, too, had heard this when in the seventh grade (we did a lot of work with
> theorems and conjectures). As I recall, this particular one was not or could
> not be proven. It sure is interesting to consider and who knows in what ways
> this simple theorem could be useful for us.
>
> -Joel
>
