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¹National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Information Management, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.

|October 23, 2023

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This study explores Goldbach's conjecture by framing it as an optimization problem. It aims to find the minimum primes needed to represent even integers, offering potential applications in component design.

Keywords:

11A99 65K10 90C27 Construction heuristics Design of base components Goldbach's conjecture Integer programming

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Area of Science:

Number Theory
Optimization
Computational Mathematics

Background:

Goldbach's conjecture, a long-standing unsolved problem, posits that every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two primes.
Investigating the conjecture through an optimization lens offers novel perspectives and potential practical applications.
The research is motivated by component design problems requiring the selection of minimal prime sets.

Purpose of the Study:

To formulate and analyze an optimization problem inspired by Goldbach's conjecture.
To determine the minimum number of prime numbers required to represent a given set of even integers.
To explore potential applications of this optimization problem in areas like component design.

Main Methods:

Formal definition of the optimization problem.
Development of integer programming formulations for the problem.
Design and implementation of solution procedures.
Computational study to test the proposed methods.

Main Results:

The paper successfully models the problem of selecting minimum primes to span target even integers.
Integer programming formulations are proposed and evaluated.
Solution procedures are developed and computationally validated.

Conclusions:

The study demonstrates a novel optimization approach to a problem related to Goldbach's conjecture.
The proposed methods provide a framework for selecting minimal prime sets for even integers.
This research opens avenues for applying number theory concepts to practical design challenges.