A strong form of Goldbach's conjecture

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Let G(n)G(n)) denote the number of pairs of primes whose sum is the even integer nn. For even integers n≥6n\geq 6, the proposed lower bound is

G(n)>∑k=3n/21ln⁡(k) ln⁡(n−k)−∣O(∑k=3n/21[ln⁡(k)] [ln⁡(n−k)]2)∣−∣O(∑k=3n/21[ln⁡(k)]2 [ln⁡(n−k)])∣.\begin{aligned} G(n) &> \sum_{k=3}^{n/2} \frac{1}{\ln(k)\,\ln(n-k)}\\ &\quad - \left|\mathcal{O}\left(\sum_{k=3}^{n/2} \frac{1}{[\ln(k)]\,[\ln(n-k)]^2}\right)\right|\\ &\quad - \left|\mathcal{O}\left(\sum_{k=3}^{n/2} \frac{1}{[\ln(k)]^2\,[\ln(n-k)]}\right)\right|. \end{aligned}

A strong form of Goldbach's conjecture. For every even integer n≥6n\geq 6,

G(n)>∑k=3n/21ln⁡(k) ln⁡(n−k)−∣O(∑k=3n/21[ln⁡(k)] [ln⁡(n−k)]2)∣−∣O(∑k=3n/21[ln⁡(k)]2 [ln⁡(n−k)])∣>0.G(n)>\sum_{k=3}^{n/2} \frac{1}{\ln(k)\,\ln(n-k)}-\left|\mathcal{O}\left(\sum_{k=3}^{n/2} \frac{1}{[\ln(k)]\,[\ln(n-k)]^2}\right)\right|-\left|\mathcal{O}\left(\sum_{k=3}^{n/2} \frac{1}{[\ln(k)]^2\,[\ln(n-k)]}\right)\right|>0.

This would give a quantitative lower bound for the Goldbach partition function and, in particular, imply that every even integer at least 66 is a sum of two primes. The paper presents it as a heuristic conjecture derived from a probabilistic use of the prime number theorem; no resolution is supplied.

References

Primary source

Max S. C. Woon, “On Partitions of Goldbach's Conjecture”, arXiv:math/0010027 (2000).

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