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I Vibed a Proof of Conway's Conjecture

The author, a programmer, describes their personal experience of 'vibing' a proof for Conway's Conjecture, a mathematical problem that had gone unsolved for over 40 years. The conjecture states that every sufficiently large even number can be written as the sum of two primes. The author explains how they stumbled upon a possible proof, which they claim to have verified using computer simulations. They provide a high-level overview of the proof, including the key insights and mathematical concepts involved. The author's approach involves using a combination of mathematical techniques and computer-aided verification to test the conjecture for large numbers. They also discuss the limitations of their method and the need for further verification by the mathematical community.

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