The following is from an actual 1995 Boston Globe Artice:
Goldbach’s conjecture, after a proposition penned by Prussian mathematician Christian Goldbach in 1742, holds that every even number can be expressed by the sum of two prime numbers (thus, 20 can be expressed by 9 and 11). It has never been fully proven.
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Can any of you spot the error in this article? It’s funny once you figure it out…for me it was funny at least
[size=4][color=blue][color=black]If you think you have the right answer, use the [/color][color=black]Spoiler tag[/color] ( [.spoiler=intro text]answer[./spoiler] [size=1](minus the . periods)[/size] [/color][color=black]as to not ruin it for those who are trying to figure it out.[/color][/size]
[size=1]EDIT: You don’t need to know anything about Goldbach’s conjecture.[/size]
[size=1]EDIT2: The error is **not **that this was recently almost solved.[/size]
either I missunderstand something or this is really crappy.
a) you cannot express any number by the sum of prime numbers (except you use negative prime numbers too). If I’m wrong sum up two numbers to reach 3 and proof me wrong (remember 1 officially doesn’t count as a prime number)
b) [spoiler=answer]9 is no prime number. ever tried to divide it by 3!!![/spoiler]
edit: slow me, I just read the other spoilers… but is the guy who stated that an idiot or what
