"Polignac's conjecture" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Made by Alphonse de Polignac in 1849. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Polignac's conjecture
  1. (number theory) The conjecture that, for any positive even number n, there are infinitely many prime gaps of size n. Categories (topical): Number theory
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