Williamson's prime-factor conjecture implying Goldbach's conjecture

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Let p1,,pkp_{1},\ldots,p_{k} denote the first kk odd primes in succession, and let nn be an even integer such that n>pkn>p_{k}. Williamson's prime-factor conjecture. If, for all 1ik1\leq i\leq k, npin-p_{i} is not prime, then there is an integer ii with 1ik1\leq i\leq k such that npin-p_{i} has a prime factor pp satisfying ppkp\geq p_{k}. The conjecture is presented as an elementary statement whose truth would imply Goldbach's conjecture; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Richard Williamson, “An elementary conjecture which implies the Goldbach conjecture”, arXiv:1802.02428 (2018).

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