Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

2015 en 57 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread: a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation, had made an important breakthrough toward solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. Yitang Zhang's techniques for bounding the gaps between primes soon led to rapid progress by the Polymath Group, and a further innovation by James Maynard.

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Cast

Zhang Yitang

Zhang Yitang

Himself

Erica Klarreich

Erica Klarreich

Herself

Andrew Granville

Andrew Granville

Himself

Terence Tao

Terence Tao

Himself

James Maynard

James Maynard

Himself

Kannan Soundararajan

Kannan Soundararajan

Himself

Jacob Chi

Jacob Chi

Himself

Peter Sarnak

Peter Sarnak

Himself

David Eisenbud

David Eisenbud

Himself

Lin Chang

Lin Chang

Herself

Juliet Chi

Juliet Chi

Herself

Julius Chi

Julius Chi

Himself

Enrico Bombieri

Enrico Bombieri

Himself

Edward Hinson

Edward Hinson

Himself

Wenhua Qian

Wenhua Qian

Himself

Yaling Sun

Yaling Sun

Herself

Kenneth Ribet

Kenneth Ribet

Himself

Nicholas M. Katz

Nicholas M. Katz

Himself

Daniel Alan Goldston

Daniel Alan Goldston

Himself

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