Goldbach Comet

For each even number n, count the ways to write n = p + q where both p and q are prime. The resulting scatter plot reveals the "comet" — a striking visual confirmation of Goldbach's conjecture.

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Goldbach's conjecture (1742): every even integer > 2 is the sum of two primes. Verified up to 4×10¹⁸