Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture (2015)

7.0 57 min Movie
Documentary

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

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