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Schnirelmann's Theorem

There exists a Positive Integer $s$ such that every sufficiently large Integer is the sum of at most $s$ Primes. It follows that there exists a Positive Integer $s_0\geq s$ such that every Integer $>1$ is a sum of at most $s_0$ Primes, where $s_0$ is the Schnirelmann Constant. The best current estimate is $s_0=19$.

See also Prime Number, Schnirelmann Density, Waring's Problem


References

Khinchin, A. Y. ``The Landau-Schnirelmann Hypothesis and Mann's Theorem.'' Ch. 2 in Three Pearls of Number Theory. New York: Dover, pp. 18-36, 1998.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26