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Polignac's conjecture

Polignac's conjecture proper noun: the conjecture that, for any positive even number n, there are infinitely many prime gaps of size n.

Proper noun

Polignac's conjecture

  1. The conjecture that, for any positive even number n, there are infinitely many prime gaps of size n.

Origin of Polignac's conjecture

Made by Alphonse de Polignac in 1849.

Questions about Polignac's conjecture

What does Polignac's conjecture mean?
Polignac's conjecture means the conjecture that, for any positive even number n, there are infinitely many prime gaps of size n.
What part of speech is Polignac's conjecture?
Polignac's conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Polignac's conjecture in the dictionary

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