# Even numbers sum of two primes [closed]

We don't know if the Goldbach conjecture is true, but do we we know some type of even numbers which can be expressed as sum of two prime numbers (excluding the trivial sums of two prime numbers) ?

Edit : I am searching an infinite set $$S$$ of even number for which we can prove that every $$s \in S$$ can be expressed as sum of two prime number (the Goldbach conjecture says that $$S=2\mathbb{N}\setminus\{0,2\}$$ works). For sure, $$S=\{p+q, p, q, \text{prime} >2\}$$ works. For example (but i don't believe it's possible), $$S$$ could explicitly be given by $$\{2P(n), n\in \mathbb{N} \}$$, where $$P$$ is polynomial.

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• Welcome to MSE. I don't understand what you are asking. Please see if you can reword it to make it more clear. Thanks. – John Omielan Dec 26 '18 at 20:36
• What is meant by "trivial sum of two primes"? Is it two equal primes, $p+p=2p$/ – coffeemath Dec 26 '18 at 20:47
• All primes can be written as $6k\pm1$ for some positive integer $k$, and $6k_1+1-(6k_2+1)=2(3k_1-3k_2)$ is an even integer... – TheSimpliFire Dec 26 '18 at 21:03
• What is a 'type' of even number? Empirically, every even number larger than $2$ that has been looked at can be decomposed into two prime addends, typically in multiple ways for numbers larger than a few hundred. Numbers up to the range of $10^{18}$ have been looked at. – Keith Backman Dec 26 '18 at 21:05

A very small set of very Goldbachian numbers (Explanation by Pomerance):

Let $$n = 2\cdot p_1\cdot p_2\cdot \dots$$ and $$\hat{p}$$ be the smallest prime not dividing $$n$$. If $$\hat{p}^2 \geq \frac{n}{2}$$ then $$n$$ is the sum of two primes (in a maximum number of ways).

By Bertrand's Postulate, there exists a prime number $$q \in (\frac{n}{2},n-2)$$. Since $$q$$ is prime, $$n-q$$ is coprime to $$n$$. If $$n-q$$ is composite then $$n-q$$ must be a product of primes not dividing $$n$$. However, if the square of the smallest prime not dividing $$n$$ is larger than $$\frac{n}{2}$$, no such composite number $$n-q$$ exists. So $$n-q$$ is prime and $$q$$ is prime and therefore $$n$$ is a sum of two primes.

The following numbers satisfy Goldbach for every possible choice of a prime number in the interval $$(\frac{n}{2}, n-2)$$:

\begin{align} n&&\text{factors of }n&&\text{min } \hat{p}\perp n&&\hat{p}^2\not<\frac{n}{2}\\ 12&&2^2\cdot 3&&5&&25\not<6\\ 18&&2\cdot 3^2&&5&&25\not<9\\ 24&&2^3\cdot 3&&5&&25\not<12\\ 30&&2\cdot 3\cdot 5&&7&&49\not<15\\ 36&&2^2\cdot 3^2&&5&&25\not<18\\ 42&&2\cdot 3\cdot 7&&5&&25\not<21\\ 48&&2^4\cdot 3&&5&&25\not<24\\ 60&&2^2\cdot 3\cdot 5&&7&&49\not<30\\ 90&&2\cdot 3^2\cdot 5&&7&&49\not<45\\ 210&&2\cdot 3\cdot 5\cdot 7&&11&&121\not<105\\ \end{align}

• Thanks ! I was searching an infinite set but this is nice. – PainBouchon Dec 26 '18 at 23:52