Claim: every even integer \(n > 2\) is the sum of two primes, \(n = p + q\). (Every odd \(n > 5\) then follows as \(3 + (n-3)\) with \(n-3\) even — so the even case is the whole conjecture.) Verified computationally past \(4\cdot 10^{18}\).
From Goldbach's 1742 letter to Euler. The weak (ternary) version — every odd number greater than 5 is a sum of three primes — was proved by Helfgott in 2013 (see our historic shelf). For the strong version the best unconditional results remain asymptotic or near-exhaustive: Vinogradov-type theorems cover all sufficiently large evens; computational verification covers everything below 4×10¹⁸. Chen (1966): every large even is prime plus a semiprime.
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