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'''''Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture''''' is a [[1992 in literature|1992]] novel by Greek author [[Apostolos Doxiadis]]. |
'''''Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture''''' is a [[1992 in literature|1992]] novel by Greek author [[Apostolos Doxiadis]]. |
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It concerns a young man's interaction with his reclusive uncle, who sought to prove that any even number greater than two is the sum of two primes, which is a famous unsolved mathematics problem called [[Goldbach's Conjecture]]. |
It concerns a young man's interaction with his reclusive uncle, who sought to prove that any even number greater than two is the sum of two primes, which is a famous unsolved mathematics problem called [[Goldbach's Conjecture]]. |
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As a publicity stunt, the publishers (Bloomsbury USA in the U.S. and [[Faber and Faber]] in Britain) announced a $1 million prize for anybody who proved Goldbach's Conjecture within two years of the book's publication in 2000. Not surprisingly, given the difficulty of the problem, the prize went unclaimed. |
As a publicity stunt, the publishers (Bloomsbury USA in the U.S. and [[Faber and Faber]] in Britain) announced a $1 million prize for anybody who proved Goldbach's Conjecture within two years of the book's publication in 2000. Not surprisingly, given the difficulty of the problem, the prize went unclaimed. |
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture is a 1992 novel by Greek author Apostolos Doxiadis.
It concerns a young man's interaction with his reclusive uncle, who sought to prove that any even number greater than two is the sum of two primes, which is a famous unsolved mathematics problem called Goldbach's Conjecture.
As a publicity stunt, the publishers (Bloomsbury USA in the U.S. and Faber and Faber in Britain) announced a $1 million prize for anybody who proved Goldbach's Conjecture within two years of the book's publication in 2000. Not surprisingly, given the difficulty of the problem, the prize went unclaimed.