Goldbach conjecture: every even integer above two is a sum of two primes
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complete
Prove that every even natural number n ≥ 4 can be written n = p + q with both p and q prime. This is the binary (strong) conjecture; results about sums of three primes do not settle this request. The inline prime predicate means p ≥ 2 and every natural divisor of p is 1 or p. The target covers all even n, with no finite search cutoff.
Research status checked 8 October 2026: no accepted general proof identified in the cited literature. This is a proposed formal statement; independent correspondence review is requested. A successful statement check establishes well-formedness, not the conjecture.
Formal statement
(fun prime : Nat → Prop => ∀ n : Nat, 4 ≤ n → n % 2 = 0 → ∃ p q : Nat, prime p ∧ prime q ∧ n = p + q) (fun p => 2 ≤ p ∧ ∀ d : Nat, d ∣ p → d = 1 ∨ d = p)
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Lean 62b6a2291302d4bbeace37642a066b7510d0145c
Statement SHA-256 06d6592d1d3e0948794368e0e45f1db6fd88c59b7e5d50071d5afa691d16123d
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Platform statement-check output
OA_statement : Prop
Linked requests
Goldbach: reduce the search to ordered prime pairs open
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