[105849] in Cypherpunks
Re: Goldbach's Conjecture - the various definitions (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Mon Nov 23 18:07:59 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:53:10 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 06:03:43 +0100
> From: "Albert P. Franco, II" <apf2@apf2.com>
> Subject: Re: Goldbach's Conjecture - the various definitions
> Math works because in most (we would like to say all...) cases it is WELL
> DEFINED. Subtle differences in the definition of a problem can drastically
> alter the solution.
Absolutely.
> Goldbach's Conjecture states that any EVEN OR ODD
> number can be expressed by a sum of three primes.
No, Goldbach's says specificaly EVEN numbers.
> lose sight of the domains of the two statements. He never stated that ODD
> numbers could be expressed as sums of TWO primes.
Nobody said he did.
> It is very important to get all of the information assembled before running
Absolutely.
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