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On Linnik’s almost Goldbach theorem

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It is proved that every sufficiently large even integer can be represented as a sum of two primes and at most 2250 powers of 2.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Henan University, 475001, Kaifeng, China

    Tianze Wang

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Project supported partially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19771029).

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Wang, T. On Linnik’s almost Goldbach theorem. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 42, 1155–1172 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02875983

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