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Odd numbers as sums of primes
Is every odd number a sum of primes? This campaign tracks formalized proofs of the smallest that suffices.
Schnirelmann (1930) showed some finite works. Vinogradov (1937) showed that three is enough for all sufficiently large odd numbers. Tao (2012) proved unconditionally. Helfgott (2013) proved that every odd number greater than is a sum of three primes, though the proof is still unrefereed. Ideally, we can formalize this statement here. Note that three is optimal: is neither prime nor + prime.
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