Talk:Lemoine's conjecture

This should probably say something about Stern primes. Anton Mravcek 22:09, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Another version of "Levy's conjecture"
There was apparently another version of "Levy's conjecture", related to stochastic processes/Brownian motion (and named after a different Levy, and settled as a theorem now). Anyway, if anyone's interested, you can read this article. DavidCBryant 19:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * So what would be the appropriate Wikipedia article if we want to properly direct those who might be looking for the stochastic Levy's conjecture or theorem? Anton Mravcek 20:43, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

"Levy's conjecture" is Lemoine's conjecture
The correct name for this is "Lemoine's conjecture" (as e.g. used in "Goldbach, Lemoine, and a Know/Don't Know Problem" by John O. Kiltinen and Peter B. Young, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Sep., 1985), pp. 195-203 - cf. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2689513?seq=7), since it has been published by E. Lemoine around 1895 ["L'intermédiare des mathématiciens", n° 1 (1894), 179; n° 3 (1896), 151.], cf. also the page Emile Lemoine.&mdash; MFH:Talk 14:06, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

"Levy's conjecture" a simple proof
PROOF: ( 1 is here prime)

Let n be prime number out of N and a an even number out of N with a>n

=> (n+a) = 2n + (a-n) is allways true for all n, a in N.

Let (a-n) a prime number.

=> n+a is an odd number prime or not prime.

=> n+a odd nummber is 2n double-prime + (a-n) prime.

q.e.d.

Maik Becker-Sievert — Preceding unsigned comment added by M-B-Sievert (talk • contribs) 07:30, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * This only works if a-n is indeed a prime number. You haven't shown you can always make that happen for a given sum. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)