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The Day I Thought I Had Solved Goldbach's Conjecture at Eleven Years Old

When I was eleven, I was bored and started moving my fingers as if I were playing the piano (because I’m a pianist). In the middle of that little game, I made a curious discovery: I noticed that all numbers greater than 2 could be represented as the sum of 2 and 3. Surprised by my discovery, I ran to tell my dad, who was a mathematician. Excited, I said: —Dad, I found the answer to Goldbach’s…