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As of ongoing computer verification, up to roughly what value has Goldbach's Conjecture been confirmed with no exceptions found?
Answer
4×10^18
Distributed computing projects have checked every even number up to about 4 quintillion (4×10^18) and found each one expressible as the sum of two primes, yet a general proof remains unfound.
💡 Did you know?
Goldbach's Conjecture—every even number above 2 is a sum of two primes—passed computer checks through 4×10^18, but a proof eludes all methods.
Other options people guess
- 4×10^9
- 4×10^12
- 4×10^24
Topics
- conjectures
- number-theory
- primes
- computation
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