Hi, I have a question related to Goldbach's Conjecture: All even numbers greater than two can be represented as the sum of primes. Is there any work on whether odd numbers can always be represented as the sum of primes? This of course implies that the number of prime members must be odd and must exclude 1 (unless you can have more than a single instance of a given prime). Has this been examined? I'm assuming, since I can't find it explicitly stated anywhere, that Goldbachs Conjecture allows those prime factors to occur in multiple instances. I've pawed through my number theory books and can't find anything relating to this as regards odd numbers. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------