Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
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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Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 10, 2015
Runtime
0h 57m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
70%
Original Title
Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
Production Companies
ZALA Films
Director
George Paul Csicsery
Budget
$150,000
Description
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.
