Chen's Theorem/Historical Note

Historical Note on Chen's Theorem

Chen's Theorem was proved by Chen Jingrun in $1973$.

As such it made a major inroad into the resolution of the Goldbach Conjecture.


Sources

  • 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Goldbach's conjecture
  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Goldbach's conjecture