The generalised Goldbach conjecture for weighted prime sums

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Let m1m_1 and m2m_2 be positive integers. Write d=gcd(m1,m2)d=\gcd(m_1,m_2), and let 2s2^s be the largest power of 22 dividing both m1m_1 and m2m_2. For a sufficiently large integer nn, impose

gcd(n,m1)=gcd(n,m2)=d,\gcd(n,m_1)=\gcd(n,m_2)=d,

and

nm1+m2(mod2s+1).n\equiv m_1+m_2\pmod{2^{s+1}}.

Generalised Goldbach conjecture. Under these conditions, there exist primes pp and qq such that

n=m1p+m2q.n=m_1p+m_2q.

This conjecture includes the even Goldbach conjecture when (m1,m2)=(1,1)(m_1,m_2)=(1,1) and Lemoine's conjecture when (m1,m2)=(1,2)(m_1,m_2)=(1,2). Its general proof is stated to be out of reach; the paper empirically tests instances for coefficients up to 4040.

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Primary source

Zsófia Juhász, Máté Bartalos, Péter Magyar and Gábor Farkas, “Empirical verification of a new generalisation of Goldbach's conjecture up to 10^12 (or 10^13) for all coefficients 40”, arXiv:2304.00024 (2023).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2211.02865.

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