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<P><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From:
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On Behalf Of<BR>> Giulio Prisco (2nd email)<BR>> Sent: Friday, November
27, 2009 11:12 PM<BR>> To: ExI chat list<BR>> Subject: Re: [ExI] Goldbach
Conjecture<BR>><BR>> I think the Goldbach conjecture is probably false,
with<BR>> probability 1 (that means, certainly false). Here is
why:<BR>><BR>> Apparently there is nothing in the laws of arithmetics
that<BR>> forces an even number to be the sum of two prime numbers.
The<BR>> conjecture is true for all even numbers on which it has been<BR>>
tested, but these are an infinitesimal part of the total (any<BR>> finite
number is infinitesimal wrt infinite). Hence, if there<BR>> is no proof, the
probability of he Goldbach conjecture being<BR>> true is zero.<BR><BR>I
disagree sir, however I confess my line of reasoning is not as well developed as
the one you offer. </P>
<P>I took the even numbers and calculated the number of ways each even number
(shown on the X axis) could be expressed as a the sum of two primes. The
number of different ways is on the Y. For Goldbach to have been wrong,
there is some super-anomaly way out there somewhere which departs from the data
trends shown.</P>
<P>Yes I do know that this line of reasoning is not to be substituted for actual
mathematical logic, do forgive please.</P>
<P>I plotted them to a few million on matlab, found there are striking patterns
in the data, such as the eye-catching streaks.</P>
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