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    Can Every Even Number Be Expressed As The Sum Of Two Primes?

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    Even numbers have several ways to be the sum of two prime numbers. For example, the number 36 can be shown as '5+31', '7+29', or '17+19'. By looking at these examples, it appears that the higher the even number, the more pair of prime numbers there are that add up to it.

    There is an assumption that says that every even number can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers at least in one way. This assumption is called as Goldbach's conjecture, after Christian Goldbach, a Prussian mathematician who propounded it. it remains to be one of the most ancient problems that is yet not completely solved in the field of mathematics. The conjecture basically states that every even integer that is greater than the number 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.

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