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Mission impossible II (Posted on 2013-08-26)

Find the largest number that cannot be written as a sum of distinct primes of the form 6*n+1.

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re: thoughts clarification

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(In reply to thoughts by Charlie)

1.Maybe the wording is misleading, but we are looking for a sum

of distinct primes i.e. at least two addends, EACH 6n+1

2. It is d2.

Rem: There is a conjecture that the quantity of twin primes is infinite, so both 6n-1 & 6n+1 forms exist in infinite sets.

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2013-08-26 16:07:01

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