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May 21, 20260 citationsOpen Access

On the Elementary Solution of Goldbach's Binary Conjecture via 𝕂-Indices of primes: The Lacunary Case

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AFAndrei Fedotkin

Key Points

  • This research aims to provide an elementary proof of Goldbach's binary conjecture using a combinatorial covering strategy.
  • Constructed a Generating set 𝕂 of integers and proved a Covering lemma for the lacunary case.
  • Utilized Bertrand's Postulate to establish the proof by contradiction regarding the existence of counterexamples.
  • The focus was on the configuration in which all 𝕂-indices in the interval [N/2,N] are absent.
  • Demonstrated that the set 𝕂 serves as an additive basis of order 2 for natural numbers ℕ except 1.
  • Goldbach's binary conjecture logically follows from the established Covering lemma for the lacunary case.

Abstract

In this paper, we present a solution to a famous open problem of number theory - Goldbach’s binary conjecture. The proof of Goldbach’s binary conjecture is elementary and based on a combinatorial covering argument. We show that the proof of Goldbach’s binary conjecture is reduced to the proof of a conjecture on the covering for the set of natural numbers except 1 by means of the set of sums of pairs of natural numbers, each of which corresponds to a prime or twin primes. We construct a Generating set 𝕂 of integers and prove a Covering lemma (for the special "lacunary" case), which shows that the set 𝕂 is an additive basis of order 2 for the set of natural numbers ℕ except 1. The proof of this lemma (for the special case "lacuna" of configuration for pairs (k,N-k) ) proceeds by contradiction, using Bertrand's Postulate (the Bertrand–Chebyshev theorem) to rule out the existence of a counterexample. From this lemma (in such restriction noted), Goldbach’s binary conjecture follows directly. The approach does not rely on analytic methods or heavy machinery. The proof covers the lacunary configuration, in which all 𝕂-indices in the interval N/2,N are absent. The general case is treated in a separate work.

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Andrei Fedotkin (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0ea14abe05d6e3efb5fc86https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20298455
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