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Let N be a sufficiently large even integer. Let p denote a prime and P 2 denote an almost prime with at most two prime factors. In this paper, it is proved that the equation N = p + P 2 (p ≤ N 0.945) is solvable.
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11071186), the Science Foundation for the Excellent Youth Scholars of Shanghai (No. ssc08017) and the Doctoral Research Fund of Shanghai Ocean University.
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Li, Y., Cai, Y. Chen’s theorem with small primes. Chin. Ann. Math. Ser. B 32, 387–396 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11401-011-0645-4
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