Proceedings of the 2018 3rd International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Applied Mathematics (MSAM 2018)

The Mathematical Modeling and Proof of the Goldbach Conjecture

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Yu Wang
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Yu Wang
Available Online July 2018.
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10.2991/msam-18.2018.6How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Goldbach conjecture; composite number pair; mapping number; induction to absurdity
Abstract

The Goldbach conjecture declares that any even number 2m=2n+2>4 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers. The mathematical modeling of the conjecture is: any even number 2m=2n+2 greater than 4 can be expressed as 2n+2=a+b, 2≤a≤n+1, n+1≤b≤2n. With the modeling, let c be a composite number in 2~2n, a mapping number is 2m-c or 2n+2-c. A complete composite pair is a pair (c, 2m-c) that both c and 2m-c are composite numbers. The composite numbers one-to-one correspond to the mapping numbers. Using an induction to absurdity, suppose the Goldbach conjecture is wrong, so that 2n+2 cannot be expressed as the sum of two primes. With the mathematical modeling for the even number 2n+2, numbers 2~2n are all composite numbers or mapping numbers. A false inequation (C) can be obtained when n≥128. This means that the supposition does not stand when n≥128. Meanwhile, the Goldbach conjecture can be easily verified for the even numbers in 6~256. Hence, the Goldbach conjecture is proved.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2018 3rd International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Applied Mathematics (MSAM 2018)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
July 2018
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10.2991/msam-18.2018.6
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1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/msam-18.2018.6How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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