Ramaré's Theorem

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Theorem

Every positive integer can be expressed as the sum of no more than $6$ prime numbers.


Proof




Source of Name

This entry was named for Olivier Ramaré.


Historical Note

Ramaré's Theorem was proved by Olivier Ramaré in $1995$.

As such it makes inroads into the resolution of the Goldbach Conjecture.

In $2014$ the result was strengthened by Terence Tao, who reduced the number of primes to $5$.

The name Ramaré's Theorem was coined in $2024$ by $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ in order to refer to the result compactly.


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