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| | Introduction to Arithmetic: Number Theory; Prime Numbers, Fermat Theorem, Goldbach Conjecture and Diophantine Equations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | One of the most famous problems in number theory is Goldbach's conjecture, proposed in 1742 by Christian Goldbach (1690-1764), the Prussian-born number theorist and analyst, in a letter to Leonhard Euler. |
 | | Goldbach's conjecture states that any even number greater than or equal to 6 can be expressed as the sum of two odd prime numbers (for example, 6 = 3 + 3, 8 = 5 + 3, 48 = 29 + 19). |
 | | Goldbach's conjecture is a good example of the way in which a problem in number theory can be stated very simply yet be very difficult to solve. |
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