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| | Math Trek: Goldbach Computations, Science News Online, Oct. 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | In 1742, historian and mathematician Christian Goldbach (1690—1764) wrote a letter to Leonhard Euler (1707—1783) in which he suggested, in effect, that every integer greater than 5 is the sum of three prime numbers. |
 | | Ivars Peterson (ivarspeterson.googlepages.com) is the mathematics/computer writer and online editor at Science News and Science News for Kids. |
 | | He is the author of The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton's Clock, Fatal Defect, The Jungles of Randomness, Mathematical Treks, and Fragments of Infinity. |
| www.sciencenews.org /20031011/mathtrek.asp (629 words) |
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